SpaceX Makes a $60 Billion Bet on Its AI Future

P.M. Edition for June 16.

SpaceX said today that it would acquire the parent company of the AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion.

WSJ reporter Becky Peterson explains how the deal is intended to help SpaceX catch up with its AI rivals.

Plus, the agreement to end the war will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil.

We hear from Journal national security reporter Alex Ward about the strategy behind this–and how it’s going over with President Trump’s supporters.

And WSJ Heard on the Street writer Asa Fitch discusses how Qualcomm has been diversifying its business to cash in on the AI boom.

Alex Ossola hosts.



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