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A rocket company buys an IDE maker for $60B

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SpaceX's post-IPO surge carried it past Amazon and briefly Microsoft in market value, after which it bought Cursor-maker Anysphere for $60 billion, the largest startup buyout ever.

Reported metric: $60B

Reporting date: 2026-06-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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A rocket company buys an IDE maker for $60B
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Reporting date: 2026-06-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-17-the-largest-startup-buyout-ever
Claim: SpaceX's post-IPO surge carried it past Amazon and briefly Microsoft in market value, after which it bought Cursor-maker Anysphere for $60 billion, the largest startup buyout ever.
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- Welcome to June 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-17-2026
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