SpaceX's proposed $60 billion acquisition of AI coding tool Cursor isn't a done deal — it's a stock-based option contingent on SpaceX's IPO actually closing, meaning neither the buyer nor the price truly exists yet. Cursor's last private valuation was just $9 billion, and the entire structure may have been routed through SpaceX specifically to avoid AI antitrust scrutiny that an xAI acquisition would have triggered. After listening, you'll understand the strategic logic connecting Cursor to xAI's Memphis supercluster, why Anthropic may be the real loser in this deal, and what it would take for $60 billion to actually be a bargain.

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