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SpaceX closes $60B Cursor acquisition, pulls AI coding into its GPU empire
The deal folds Cursor into a SpaceX stack that already includes xAI and rents compute to Anthropic and Google.
Jaeden SchaferEditor in Chief5 min read
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Business
CodeRabbit raises $143M at $1.5B valuation to review AI-generated code
The Nvidia-backed startup now runs 2 million code reviews a week as AI-written software outpaces what human teams can vet.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Business
Blacksmith raises $45M Series B at $550M valuation as AI code testing booms
The code-validation startup's valuation jumped nearly 10x in under a year as AI-generated code overwhelms testing pipelines.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Business
Airbnb credits AI for 80% jump in features shipped, will test AI search
CEO Brian Chesky says AI now writes 60% of Airbnb's code and cut concept-to-launch time by 60%, as the company finally opens AI search to testing.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Business
Cursor launches ₹649 India-only plan weeks before $60B SpaceX close
The AI coding startup's first localized subscription undercuts its $20 Pro tier by two-thirds as India becomes its third-largest market.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
News
Linus Torvalds tells anti-AI critics to fork Linux or walk away
The Linux creator says he will 'very loudly ignore' calls to ban LLM tools from the kernel, calling AI clearly useful for coding.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Business
Emergent hits $1.5B valuation with $130M Series C led by Creaegis
The Indian AI coding startup's valuation jumped five-fold in six months as run-rate revenue climbed to $120M.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
Models
Meta opens Muse Spark 1.1 to developers via new Meta Model API
The upgraded model targets agentic coding and multimodal reasoning, arriving days after the controversial Muse Image launch.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Business
GitHub Copilot's token-based billing draws developer backlash ahead of June 1 switch
Some users say flat-rate subscriptions of $29–$50 a month will jump to $750 or $3,000 under usage-based pricing.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Analysis
Developers refuse to work without AI, even as new data questions the productivity gains
METR couldn't rerun its coding study because devs wouldn't unplug; meanwhile 44% of tokens are reportedly going to fixing AI's own bugs.
Jaeden Schafer5 min read
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