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SpaceX to acquire Cursor maker Anysphere for $60 billion all-stock — the second frontier AI-coding asset pulled into Musk's orbit
A SEC Form 8-K filed June 16, 2026 confirms SpaceX signed an all-stock merger agreement to acquire Anysphere — the company behind Cursor — at a $60 billion valuation. Cursor shareholders convert to SpaceX Class A stock; the deal closes Q3 2026 subject to regulatory approval. Cursor reports 1M+ paying customers and $2B+ annualized revenue (projected $6B by year-end). SPCX rose ~16-17% on the news. With xAI already inside SpaceX, Musk now owns a frontier model lab and the most popular AI code editor — and the Cursor review on Pick Right has been updated.
Read story →OpenAI acquires Ona (formerly Gitpod) — cloud sandboxes for long-running Codex agents; team joins the Codex division
OpenAI announced June 11 it is acquiring Ona — the German startup formerly known as Gitpod — whose platform runs AI agents in persistent cloud sandboxes. The Ona team joins the Codex division. Terms undisclosed. OpenAI says Codex now has 5M+ weekly users, up 400% from earlier this year, and Ona's infrastructure will extend Codex's ability to run tasks lasting hours or days. The acquisition sharpens the async-delegation contrast with Claude Code days after Anthropic shipped Fable 5.
Read story →Anthropic acquires Stainless — the SDK/MCP factory used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare
Anthropic announced May 18, 2026 it has acquired Stainless, the company that generates official SDKs and MCP servers for hundreds of API platforms — including OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare. The Information reported the deal at more than $300 million. Hosted Stainless products will wind down; existing SDKs remain owned by their customers. The Stainless team joins Anthropic to advance Claude's agent connectivity. Why this acquisition matters strategically.
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