SpaceX Reportedly Acquires AI Startup Cursor Co-Founded by Aman Sanger

2 Sept 2026, 12:34 pm · 10d ago · 1 min read · timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Aman Sanger, the 25-year-old Indian-origin co-founder of AI coding startup Cursor, built under parent company Anysphere, has emerged at the center of a major AI acquisition. Sanger, who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, developed Cursor as an AI-powered code editor that rapidly gained widespread adoption among global software developers. Reports indicate that Elon Musk's aerospace giant SpaceX has entered into an agreement to acquire the high-growth coding assistant platform. The deal underscores the accelerating enterprise demand for generative AI programming tools and marks a significant exit for the young entrepreneur.