Why would SpaceX acquire Cursor for $60 billion when there are free coding tools?

[Wrench]

SpaceX buying Cursor for $60 billion seems wild. VS Code is free. GitHub Copilot exists. Why spend that much money on a code editor when developers have options?

[Bob81]

Cursor isn't just a code editor. It's an AI coding agent that handles entire workflows not just autocomplete. You ask it to build features it does the work. This is fundamentally different from tools that help you write code