April 23, 2026 SpaceX has partnered with AI coding startup Cursor, giving the firm access to large-scale computing infrastructure to develop more advanced coding models. The deal deepens SpaceX’s push into artificial intelligence and positions it to compete more directly in the fast-growing market for AI-powered developer tools.
Under the agreement, Cursor will use SpaceX’s Colossus supercomputer, powered by the equivalent of 200,000 Nvidia GPUs, to train and scale its models.
“The combination of Cursor’s leading product and distribution to expert software engineers with SpaceX’s million H100 equivalent Colossus training supercomputer will allow us to build the world’s most useful models,” SpaceX said in a statement.
The partnership also includes a potential acquisition pathway. SpaceX has secured the right to acquire Cursor later this year for $60 billion or, alternatively, pay $10 billion for the collaboration. Cursor co-founder Michael Truell described the agreement as “a meaningful step on our path to build the best place to code with AI.”
The move comes as SpaceX expands beyond aerospace into AI infrastructure and software. The company acquired xAI in February, bringing Elon Musk’s AI efforts under the same umbrella. It also recently filed confidentially for an initial public offering, signalling broader ambitions to scale its business.
Cursor, founded in 2022, has grown rapidly in the AI developer tools space. The company reported reaching $1 billion in annual recurring revenue with a team of more than 300 employees and completed a Series D funding round at a $29.3 billion valuation. Its product roadmap has also shifted toward agentic coding systems capable of handling more complex software tasks with minimal human input.
Access to compute appears to be a central driver of the partnership. Cursor has previously cited limitations in training capacity as a bottleneck to improving its models. “We’ve wanted to push our training efforts much further, but we’ve been bottlenecked by compute,” the company said, noting that the SpaceX partnership would allow it to “dramatically scale up the intelligence” of its systems.
The collaboration also reflects competitive pressure in the AI coding market. Musk has acknowledged that xAI’s chatbot Grok “is currently behind in coding,” while rival firms continue to advance specialised developer tools.
SpaceX has also hired former Cursor engineering leads to strengthen its internal product capabilities, signalling a deeper integration between the two organisations.
