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SpaceX buys AI coding startup Cursor in $60 billion stock deal

Acquisition target; product to continue under SpaceX

SpaceX went public on June 12 in the largest stock-market debut ever. Five days later, it agreed to spend $60 billion on Cursor, an AI coding tool barely three years old.

Updated Jun 18

GitHub Copilot replaces flat subscriptions with token-based billing

Money Moves

Lead independent competitor

For four years, GitHub Copilot users paid a flat fee for as many AI suggestions as they wanted. On June 1, that ended. Every paid tier — Pro, Pro+, Business and Enterprise — now bills by tokens consumed, with projected monthly bills for heavy users jumping from $29 to several hundred dollars.

Updated Jun 1