Cursor
Also known as Anysphere, Anysphere, Inc.
AI coding editor and agent company; owned by SpaceX since August 2026.
Owned by SpaceX since 14 Aug 2026. Run by Michael Truell (CEO).
Parent company
- SpaceXOrganization
acquired for $60B in stock; wholly owned, team joined SpaceXAI · since 14 Aug 2026 2
Before
Investors until 14 Aug 2026
OpenAI (OpenAI Startup Fund led the $8M seed), Thrive Capital (in the Series B, C and D; led the $900M Series C), Andreessen Horowitz (in the Series B, C and D), Benchmark (in the $105M Series B), Accel (in the Series C; co-led the $2.3B Series D), DST Global (in the $900M Series C), Coatue (co-led the $2.3B Series D), Nvidia (new strategic investor in the Series D), Google (new strategic investor in the Series D) 1354
Founded by
- Michael Truell
- Sualeh Asif
- Aman Sanger
- Arvid Lunnemark
Partners
- xAIOrganization
model-training partnership with SpaceXAI that led to the acquisition · Apr 2026 – 14 Aug 2026 2
- Cursor makes an AI code editor and coding agents; its legal name is Anysphere.
- Four MIT students founded it in 2022.
- In April 2026 SpaceX took an option to buy it for $60B or pay $10B for their joint work.
- SpaceX exercised the option on 16 June 2026 and closed the all-stock deal on 14 August 2026.
- Cursor now sits with SpaceX's AI arm, SpaceXAI.
Why it matters
- One of the most used AI coding tools, and since 2026 the developer-tools side of SpaceX's AI business.
- Founded
- 2022, by Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif, Aman Sanger and Arvid Lunnemark1
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California1
- Ownership
- Wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX since 14 Aug 20261
- Acquisition
- $60B all-stock; Anysphere shares converted into 389,289,254 SpaceX Class A shares1
- Last private round
- Series D, $2.3B at a $29.3B post-money valuation (13 Nov 2025)3
- Series C
- $900M at a $9.9B valuation (6 Jun 2025)4
- Series B
- $105M (16 Jan 2025)5
- Seed
- $8M led by the OpenAI Startup Fund (October 2023)1
Who owns and runs it
Owned by SpaceX since 14 Aug 2026. Run by Michael Truell (CEO).
Parent company
- SpaceXOrganization
acquired for $60B in stock; wholly owned, team joined SpaceXAI · since 14 Aug 2026 2
Before
Investors until 14 Aug 2026
OpenAI (OpenAI Startup Fund led the $8M seed), Thrive Capital (in the Series B, C and D; led the $900M Series C), Andreessen Horowitz (in the Series B, C and D), Benchmark (in the $105M Series B), Accel (in the Series C; co-led the $2.3B Series D), DST Global (in the $900M Series C), Coatue (co-led the $2.3B Series D), Nvidia (new strategic investor in the Series D), Google (new strategic investor in the Series D) 1354
Road to SpaceX
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SpaceX option deal1
Right to buy Cursor later in 2026 for $60B, or pay $10B for the work together.
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SpaceX exercises the option1
All-stock deal for Anysphere, four days after SpaceX's Nasdaq debut.
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Cursor is now a part of SpaceX (opens cursor.com)
Cursor's post on the close: access to "the largest fleet of GPUs in the world".
Connections
Founded by
- Michael Truell
- Sualeh Asif
- Aman Sanger
- Arvid Lunnemark
Partners
- xAIOrganization
model-training partnership with SpaceXAI that led to the acquisition · Apr 2026 – 14 Aug 2026 2
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