SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access
OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI The post SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access appeared first on The New Stack .
OpenAI announced plans to cut Cursor's direct access to its models in November, citing incidents involving Elon Musk's companies - including Twitter's violation of data-licensing terms and Musk's use of OpenAI models through distillation at xAI. The deal for Cursor by SpaceX, valued at $60 billion, has led OpenAI to reassess its stance.
Anthropic, OpenAI's rival, has publicly confirmed its continued support for Cursor and increased compute for Claude models, following a similar move when Anthropic cut access to Windsurf in 2025. The company's trust in Cursor is attributed to its compute needs, as Anthropic secured the entire output of SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, providing over 300 megawatts of compute and more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs, which allows for significant increases in Claude usage.
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