DevOps / SRE / Platform · 31.08.2026, 22:02 UTC
SpaceX is in an “enviable position”: why Anthropic is sticking with Cursor as OpenAI cuts access
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| Kategorie | DevOps / SRE / Platform |
| Quelle | The New Stack ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 31.08.2026 UTC |
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OpenAI caused something of a stir over the weekend when it announced plans to cut Cursor’s direct access to OpenAI models in November.
The reason? Elon Musk.
In a statement issued late on Friday, OpenAI pointed to two previous incidents involving Musk’s companies: Twitter breaking the terms of a data-licensing deal after Musk’s 2022 takeover of the social network, and Musk’s admission under oath earlier this year that xAI had partly used OpenAI models through distillation — conduct OpenAI says violated its terms of service. And now that SpaceX’s $60 billion deal to acquire Cursor has closed, OpenAI’s attentions are turning to Cursor.
“This decision was incredibly tough, as we care deeply about our models being broadly available for developers,” the company wrote. “We are making this choice because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our terms of service, based on our experience with Elon Musk’s companies violating contracts.”
While that in itself was big news for anyone following the day-to-day rough and tumble of the AI industry, what was particularly notable was the response of OpenAI’s arch rival.
The Anthropic factor
As The New Stack noted in its coverage, Anthropic co-founder and “chief compute officer” Tom Brown moved fast, posting publicly within hours of OpenAI’s statement to confirm that it continues to see Cursor as a “trusted partner,” and will “continue to increase compute to support Claude models in Cursor.”
Cursor has been a trusted partner of Anthropic since Sonnet 3.5. We’ll continue to increase compute to support …