In a move that surprises absolutely no one, Elon Musk's SpaceX Corp. has announced its acquisition of yet another shiny toy—this time in the form of AI code-writing startup Cursor. The deal, valued at a cool $60 billion in stock, marks SpaceX's first major power move since going public.
Now, I know what you're thinking: "What the hell does a rocket company want with an AI coding startup?" Well, dear reader, it's simple. You see, Musk and his team of disruptors have realized that global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions. I mean, who needs clean water and reliable power when you can have a snazzy AI model, am I right?
But wait, there's more! SpaceX has been working tirelessly with Cursor to train a model that will be released soon by both companies' AI agents. And let me tell you, this thing is going to be the Stockfish of coding. For those of you who don't know, Stockfish is a chess engine that's basically the equivalent of having a grandmaster living inside your computer.
Of course, there have been some bumps along the road. Cursor has recently faced talk that it's "dead" amid competition from Anthropic's Claude Code, and they've lost some critical talent to Musk's xAI. But hey, who needs talent when you've got Elon Musk at the helm?
So buckle up, folks. With this acquisition, SpaceX is well on its way to achieving total domination of both the space and AI industries. And if that's not enough to get you excited, just remember: if we harness just 1 millionth of the Sun's power for AI, that will be much more than a million times the intelligence of all of humanity. I don't know about you, but I find that incredibly humbling.