Bay Area tech companies are on a shopping spree for AI startups

A flurry of AI startup acquisitions were announced this week by major Bay Area tech companies, including one exceeding $3 ...

9 Hidden macOS Features That Feel Like Productivity Hacks

Discover hidden Mac features for faster file previews, screenshots, dictation, iPhone scanning, automation, Spotlight ...

After selling last year, AI powerhouse Cursor's headquarters is back up for sale

A $9.5 million bet on the early innings of the AI office-leasing boom could see a fast payoff. WeWork's former S.F. tower is ...
Decrypt

Perplexity Built a Tool That Checks Your Computer for Infected Software—Without Setting Off the Infection

Bumblebee from Perplexity scans developer machines for compromised packages and AI tool configs, without triggering malware.
techtimes

Cursor Composer 2.5 Matches Claude Opus 4.7 on Coding Benchmarks at One-Tenth Cost

Composer 2.5 is Cursor's third-generation proprietary coding agent, available exclusively inside the Cursor IDE and through the @cursor/sdk — not as a general API. Like its predecessor, it is built on ...
Dawn

AI startup Cursor with Pakistani co-founder set for $60bn deal with SpaceX

Cursor, an AI code-generation startup co-founded by Pakistani-born Sualeh Asif, has secured a $60 billion acquisition deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to multiple reports on Thursday. Along ...
MarketWatch

What is Cursor? SpaceX could buy the AI company for a whopping $60 billion.

SpaceX’s next acquisition could end up being Cursor, the rapidly growing artificial-intelligence startup behind popular tools that have been praised by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. In a statement posted ...
CNBC

Microsoft looked at buying Cursor before SpaceX deal, sources say

Microsoft looked at buying artificial intelligence coding startup Cursor in recent weeks but didn't make an offer, CNBC has learned. On Tuesday, SpaceX said it's obtained the right to acquire Cursor ...
Business Wire

Cursor Secures $2.3 Billion Series D Financing at $29.3 Billion Valuation to Redefine How Software is Written

This capital infusion will enable Cursor to significantly increase investment in technical research, product development, and frontier model training — like the recently launched Composer agentic ...
cryptopolitan

SpaceX secures $60bn option on Cursor as both sides found an enemy of their enemy

SpaceX has secured the right to buy AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion later this year. Cursor has grown from a $2.5 billion valuation at the start of 2025 to nearly $30 billion by year-end.

SpaceX strikes $60 billion deal for the right to buy coding startup Cursor

SpaceX announced a partnership with coding startup Cursor that will give Elon Musk's company a major foothold in the AI coding race.
TechCrunch

SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B

SpaceX said it has struck a deal with Cursor to develop a next-generation “coding and knowledge work AI,” which includes a surprising provision — an option to buy the popular software development ...