--- title: SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is... description: OpenAI plans to cut Cursor's direct access to its models in November, citing SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor and past contract violations by Elon... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI plans to cut Cursor's direct access to its models in November, citing SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor and past contract violations by Elon... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RsMZfPmVa.png og:image:alt: SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI plans to cut Cursor's direct access to its models in November, citing SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor and past contract violations by Elon Musk's companies (Twitter, xAI). In contrast, Anthropic publicly reaffirmed Cursor as a trusted partner and pledged more Claude compute, despite having previously cut off Windsurf on mere acquisition rumors and cut xAI staff from Claude access. Commentators note Anthropic pays SpaceX $1.25 billion a month for compute across its Colossus data centers, giving SpaceX unusual leverage: Anthropic depends on SpaceX's infrastructure even as SpaceX now owns two of Anthropic's competitors, xAI and Cursor. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why is OpenAI cutting Cursor's direct access to its models in November? OpenAI is cutting Cursor's direct model access starting November because SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor has closed, and OpenAI says it cannot be confident SpaceX will honor its terms of service, citing past incidents including Twitter breaking a data-licensing deal and Elon Musk's xAI admitting under oath to distilling OpenAI models. _developers weighing which AI coding tools stay reliably integrated with which models can track shifts like this on daily.dev._ ### How much is Anthropic paying SpaceX for compute and why does it matter for Cursor? Anthropic agreed to pay $1.25 billion a month for compute across SpaceX's Colossus and Colossus II data centers, roughly 325,000 Nvidia GPUs combined, under a deal scheduled to run through May 2029 subject to termination rights. This dependency is cited as a likely reason Anthropic kept supporting Cursor as a trusted partner even after SpaceX acquired it, unlike its harsher treatment of Windsurf and xAI. _anyone tracking how compute deals reshape AI coding tool partnerships can follow the story on daily.dev._ ### Did Anthropic previously cut access to Windsurf and xAI, and why? Yes, Anthropic cut Windsurf's direct access to Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude 3.7 Sonnet within weeks of reports in May 2025 that OpenAI was in talks to buy Windsurf for $3 billion, even though that deal ultimately fell through and Google hired Windsurf's founders instead. Anthropic also cut xAI staff off from Claude access they had through Cursor in January, calling it a policy applied to major competitors. _developers choosing coding assistants amid shifting AI lab rivalries can stay informed via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceX makes its $60bn Cursor takeover official](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-makes-its-60bn-cursor-takeover-official-6btmz1odt) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#anthropic](https://daily.dev/tags/anthropic), [#spacex](https://daily.dev/tags/spacex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva"},"datePublished":"2026-08-31T21:54:22.328Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T14:35:34.298Z","description":"OpenAI plans to cut Cursor's direct access to its models in November, citing SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor and past contract violations by Elon...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/21b13b89dd47d30c4c34731cd1923854?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/21b13b89dd47d30c4c34731cd1923854?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,anthropic,spacex","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-is-in-an-enviable-position-why-anthropic-is-sticking-with-cursor-as-openai-cuts-access-rsmzfpmva#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why is OpenAI cutting Cursor's direct access to its models in November?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"OpenAI is cutting Cursor's direct model access starting November because SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of Cursor has closed, and OpenAI says it cannot be confident SpaceX will honor its terms of service, citing past incidents including Twitter breaking a data-licensing deal and Elon Musk's xAI admitting under oath to distilling OpenAI models. developers weighing which AI coding tools stay reliably integrated with which models can track shifts like this on daily.dev."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How much is Anthropic paying SpaceX for compute and why does it matter for Cursor?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Anthropic agreed to pay $1.25 billion a month for compute across SpaceX's Colossus and Colossus II data centers, roughly 325,000 Nvidia GPUs combined, under a deal scheduled to run through May 2029 subject to termination rights. 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