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SpaceX has secured a $60 billion option to acquire AI coding startup Cursor, while the two companies simultaneously explore a partnership with French AI firm Mistral — a three-way collaboration designed to reduce dependence on OpenAI and Anthropic. The deal exposes both the fragility of Cursor's current business model, which sends nearly all its revenue to Anthropic for inference costs, and Elon Musk's broader strategy to build a vertically integrated AI stack ahead of SpaceX's planned IPO.