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SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B
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SpaceXAI and are now working closely together to create the world’s best coding and knowledge work AI. The combination of Cursor’s leading product and distribution to expert software engineers with SpaceX’s million H100 equivalent Colossus training supercomputer will Post Conversation New to X? Sign up now to get your own personalized timeline! Google で登録Google で登録。新しいタブで開きます Create account
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- Praise: Cursor has valuable developer data that can enhance model building, which is crucial for improving AI capabilities.
- Praise: The enterprise relationships that Cursor possesses could provide significant revenue opportunities for AI applications, especially in the LLM and agent space.
- Praise: Some users appreciate Cursor's IDE capabilities and its effectiveness in agentic coding, indicating a strong product despite its shortcomings.
- Concern: The acquisition price of $60 billion raises skepticism about the sustainability of Cursor's business model, especially given their reliance on retail token purchases.
- Concern: Concerns about xAI's lack of enterprise customers suggest that Cursor's relationships may not hold after the acquisition, undermining potential benefits.
- Concern: There is a perception that Cursor's relevance is waning, with many developers shifting towards more popular tools like Codex and Claude.