@himself65: Cursor has been acquired by SpaceX—an elegant exit, since the team knew they couldn’t beat Anthropic.
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Cursor has been acquired by SpaceX, marking a strategic exit as it recognized it couldn’t compete with Anthropic.
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Cursor has been acquired by SpaceX—a solid exit. At least Cursor knows it can’t beat Anthropic.
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