# SpaceX announced a deal in April with Cursor, an AI-code-writing start-up based in San Francisco.

*aerospace · news · 2026-05-04 · Scientific American*

## Key points

- SpaceX plans to acquire AI-code-writing start-up Cursor for $60 billion ahead of its IPO.
- SpaceX is exploring a vast network of space-based data centers, filing to launch up to one million satellites.
- The company is shifting strategic focus from Mars to building a 'self-growing city' on the moon.
- SpaceX admitted in its pre-IPO filing that its orbital AI compute initiatives may not be commercially viable.
- xAI, which SpaceX bought in February, had been losing $1 billion per month at merger time.

**Companies:** SpaceX, Tesla, Cursor, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Firefly Aerospace, Stoke Space, Relativity Space, Starcloud
**Countries:** United States

[Read the full story on Scientific American](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-nasas-artemis-moon-program-could-fall-victim-to-spacexs-ai-ambitions/)

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