SpaceX closed a $60 billion stock acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, on August 14, 2026. Pricing (Free/$20/$60/$200 monthly tiers) and model access to Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.6 and Gemini remain unchanged for now. SpaceX and Anysphere are jointly developing a coding model on SpaceX's Colossus GPU cluster to compete with Claude Opus 4.8, with no release date announced. Concerns center on whether Cursor's model-agnostic routing to Anthropic and OpenAI (revenue currently leaving the SpaceX ecosystem) will eventually be curtailed in favor of a first-party model, and on data-handling given past issues with Grok Build uploading full Git repositories. Alternatives discussed include Windsurf, Zed, JetBrains AI, and Meta's new Muse Code.
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What is Anysphere and what exactly did SpaceX buy?How much did SpaceX pay for Cursor?Does the acquisition change Cursor’s pricing?Will Cursor still support Claude, GPT and Gemini?What is the SpaceXAI-Cursor model?What are the main Cursor alternatives in 2026?Questions this post answers
Did SpaceX actually acquire Cursor and how much did they pay?
SpaceX completed its acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI code editor, on August 14, 2026, for $60 billion in SpaceX stock. This is roughly 8 times what Microsoft paid for GitHub in 2018 ($7.5 billion in cash) and dwarfs Salesforce's $27.7 billion Slack acquisition. Cursor is now a SpaceX subsidiary. Track how AI coding tool ownership changes ripple into pricing and vendor lock-in on daily.dev.
Will Cursor still support Claude and GPT models after the SpaceX acquisition?
Yes, as of August 19, 2026, Cursor still supports Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.6, and Gemini alongside its own first-party models. However, structural pressure exists because Anthropic and Google rent GPU capacity from SpaceX's Colossus cluster, meaning every API call Cursor routes to those providers is revenue leaving the SpaceX ecosystem. A jointly developed SpaceXAI-Cursor model is also in development to compete with Claude Opus 4.8. Developers choosing an AI coding editor can follow model-access changes like this on daily.dev before switching tools.
Did Cursor's pricing change after the SpaceX acquisition?
No, Cursor's pricing stayed the same after SpaceX's acquisition closed: Free at $0/month, Pro at $20/month, Pro+ at $60/month, and Ultra at $200/month. Existing subscriptions and enterprise agreements continue unchanged, and Anysphere's leadership under CEO Michael Truell has not announced any pricing changes. Teams budgeting around AI coding tool costs can watch for pricing shifts like this on daily.dev.