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SpaceX acquired Anysphere for $60 billion, integrating Cursor into SpaceXAI and releasing Grok 4.6. Anthropic is in talks to buy Decart AI for $6 billion, while Z.ai launched GLM-5.3 and River AI raised $1.1 billion. The week highlights a shift from standalone models to integrated stacks and feedback loops as the new competitive frontier.
SpaceXAI has released Grok 4.6, a large language model that the company claims can outperform Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 in some areas. The model scored 61 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it on par with OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol and one point behind the leader. Priced at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, Grok 4.6 is available through Cursor and Grok Build, with a faster edition costing double.
SpaceXAI has launched Grok Bot, an always-on AI agent service that acts as independent 'AI teammates' for the workplace. The beta, available on desktop and iOS, lets bots sign into users' apps and complete multi-step tasks autonomously. It competes with OpenAI's ChatGPT Work, Anthropic's Claude Cowork, and Microsoft's Copilot Tasks.
SpaceX acquired Cursor, an AI-native code editor developed by Anysphere, for $60 billion in an all-stock deal shortly after its IPO. The tool, created by four MIT students, helps developers write, debug, and refactor software. The acquisition gives SpaceXAI and Grok Build a distribution channel to millions of professional developers, leveraging Cursor's integration into expert workflows and SpaceX's Colossus supercomputer for AI model training.
Elon Musk's SpaceXAI has seen more than 50 researchers and engineers leave since February, following its merger. Key teams in coding, world models, and Grok voice have lost leaders, with rivals like Meta and Thinking Machine Labs hiring many. Concerns grow over pre-training team cuts and work culture.