SpaceX Nears $60B Acquisition of Cursor
Posts on X react to reports of a possible SpaceX deal for the AI code editor.
Amjad Masad quoted a Techmeme post stating SpaceX could finalize a $60B acquisition of Cursor as early as next week and phase out the brand. Gergely Orosz replied that Cursor earned developer trust over three years while contrasting it with Grok and xAI. Minh Nhat Nguyen posted that frequent UI updates in Cursor make buttons hard to locate and joked that wiping out the brand would help. Another reply from Minh Nhat Nguyen described a satirical AI computer-use model trained only on finding moved buttons after Cursor updates.
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Sources: Cursor told staff Thursday that SpaceX could complete its $60B acquisition as soon as next week and the Cursor brand name will likely be phased out (@graceihle / The Information) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
Cursor == highly trusted brand by devs, trust earned over 3 years Grok / xAI == uploaded your .env files to their cloud in secret, then pretended it was your fault for not setting a secret switch to avoid it Weird to throw away the Cursor brand but go for it
Sources: Cursor told staff Thursday that SpaceX could complete its $60B acquisition as soon as next week and the Cursor brand name will likely be phased out (@graceihle / The Information) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
Genius move tbh. Cursor updates its UI so much, ive basically given up. Wiping out Cursor will be the only way i can find buttons on Cursor ever again. ashes to ashes and such.
Sources: Cursor told staff Thursday that SpaceX could complete its $60B acquisition as soon as next week and the Cursor brand name will likely be phased out (@graceihle / The Information) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
computer use model trained on clicking update and then trying to find the same button you used on Cursor just last week, and ignoring literally everything else that's been added in the past year.