Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition
Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition

SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about an acquisition, Bloomberg reports, and Cognition did not engage. Chief executive Scott Wu replied publicly that his company is “not for sale and we haven’t been talking.” SpaceX approached the AI codi…

Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.

China lands a rocket booster on the ground for the first time
China lands a rocket booster on the ground for the first time

The Chinese startup LandSpace recovered the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket on Wednesday. It is one of only a handful of private companies to land an orbital-class booster. Reuters reported that the feat places LandSpace alongside SpaceX and Blue Or…

Ex-Tesla president: Roadster delay is about getting closer to SpaceX ahead of merger
Ex-Tesla president: Roadster delay is about getting closer to SpaceX ahead of merger

A former Tesla president says the endlessly delayed next-generation Roadster is being held up by SpaceX “hovering” technology — and that the project is really about pulling Tesla and SpaceX closer together.
Jon McNeill, Tesla’s president from 2015 to 2…

Cursor Origin is on by default for paid users, and its data terms are unpublished
Cursor Origin is on by default for paid users, and its data terms are unpublished

Cursor started rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, on Monday morning. About three and a half hours later GitHub fell over. The order matters, because most of the internet reversed it. Matt Palmer works at Cursor. He quote-tweeted his own…

Woman claims her stepfather used Grok to transform childhood photo into explicit imagery

The woman claimed that AI tools are “taking everyday life and turning it into child sexual abuse.”

SpaceX officially closes its Cursor acquisition

AI coding startup Cursor is now officially a part of SpaceX.

Nvidia halved its $250bn promise to OpenAI. Then it showed investors what it owns
Nvidia halved its $250bn promise to OpenAI. Then it showed investors what it owns

Anissa Gardizy reported the cut for The Wall Street Journal on 14 August. Under the new proposed terms Nvidia would initially backstop only half of the 10GW project, and it would decide about the rest later. A deal could be signed as soon as this weeke…

Tesla ‘flying’ Roadster demo could come this month, with no one inside
Tesla ‘flying’ Roadster demo could come this month, with no one inside

Tesla is planning to finally show its new Roadster as early as this month, and the event is supposed to include a stunt where the car lifts off the ground, according to a new report from The Information (paywall).
There’s a catch. The car will be opera…

SpaceX has closed its $60bn Cursor deal, and Cursor was buying a company the day before
SpaceX has closed its $60bn Cursor deal, and Cursor was buying a company the day before

SpaceX confirmed completion in a regulatory filing. Bloomberg’s Carmen Arroyo and Natasha Mascarenhas reported the close. The desk covered the binding agreement in June, when SpaceX filed an 8-K and said it expected to complete in the third quarter, su…