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Michael Truell Built Cursor. SpaceX Paid $60 Billion For It.

“Michael Truell and his three MIT co-founders spent nearly a year building AI tools nobody wanted before they pivoted to code. Four years later, SpaceX bought their company, Anysphere, for $60 billion — the biggest acquisition of a venture-backed startup ever recorded.

By Remarkable Magazine — August 25, 2026 — 6 min read

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“Michael Truell and his three MIT co-founders spent nearly a year building AI tools nobody wanted before they pivoted to code. Four years later, SpaceX bought their company, Anysphere, for $60 billion — the biggest acquisition of a venture-backed startup ever recorded.”

— Michael Truell

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