SpaceX has announced the acquisition of Anysphere, the parent company of Cursor. The deal is set to close in the third quarter at a valuation of $60 billion. This transaction has made Aman Sanger, who is of Indian origin, a billionaire. It has also made Sualeh Asif, from Karachi, Pakistan, a billionaire. According to Forbes, both hold a 4.5% stake in Anysphere.
Four friends in the US launched a startup based on a simple idea: to make coding easier. The startup was founded by Aman Sanger, Sualeh Asif, Michael Truell, and Arvid Lunnemark.
According to a Forbes report, Cursor's revenue stood at $2 billion in February, rose to $4 billion in April, and remained at that level in June.
Elon Musk had previously merged SpaceX with his company xAI in February; now, SpaceX is set to collaborate with Cursor to advance AI development, with plans to develop chatbots.
SpaceX has exercised the option to acquire @Cursor.ai in an all-stock transaction with the goal of building the world’s most useful AI models.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 16,2026
SpaceX has announced the acquisition of Anysphere, the parent company of Cursor. The deal is set to close in the third quarter at a valuation of $60 billion. This transaction has made Aman Sanger, who is of Indian origin, a billionaire. It has also made Sualeh Asif, from Karachi, Pakistan, a billionaire. According to Forbes, both hold a 4.5% stake in Anysphere.
For the past few months, SpaceXAI has been jointly training a model with Cursor, which will be released in Cursor and Grok Build soon.… https://t.co/X5mepgXgjJ
What is Cursor?
Cursor is an AI coding software that provides services to major IT companies. Anysphere is the parent company of Cursor. Cursor facilitates coding tasks for large companies through "Vibe Code," enabling complex coding projects to be completed with less time and effort.
Cursor currently serves top US companies, including Stripe, NVIDIA, PayPal, Faire, Wayfair, Salesforce, Datadog, Dropbox, and SpaceX.
Who are Aman Sanger and Sualeh Asif?
Aman Sanger currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Anysphere. He was born in New York, and both his parents are of Indian origin; his father is Arvind Sanger and his mother is Shilpa Sanger. Aman began learning to code at the age of 14. Aman has previously interned at Google, Bridgewater Associates, and You.com.
Sualeh Asif was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He came to MIT on a scholarship and subsequently worked as a research assistant there for three years. Currently, Sualeh Asif serves as the Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Anysphere.
