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Cursor Brand Name May Not Survive SpaceX Acquisition
Artificial Intelligence // August 09, 2026

SpaceX’s acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor could be completed in the coming days. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

Cursor Eyes $50 Billion Valuation as AI Coding Demand Surges
Investments // April 17, 2026

Cursor, a maker of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools, is looking to raise about $2 billion in a funding round that would value it at over $50 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday (April 17), citing an unnamed source. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem
Artificial Intelligence // February 13, 2026

Anthropic has formed a partnership that will make its artificial intelligence (AI) tools Claude and Claude Code available to 20,000 college students. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...

Vibe Coding Won’t Replace Humans Anytime Soon, Data Shows
Artificial Intelligence // November 03, 2025

Autonomous coding agents can now generate, test and debug entire applications but they still falter without human oversight. A new academic work titled, “A Survey of Vibe Coding with Large Language Models” finds that even advanced models capable of building complete apps lose accuracy and...

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AI Coding Assistants Give Big-Tech Powers to Small Businesses 

June 02, 2025
Small businesses are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistants to slash their technology development expenses while maintaining competitive digital capabilities, according to industry practitioners. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily […]

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CodeRabbit Raises $143 Million at $1.5 Billion Valuation to Govern AI-Generated Code

August 13, 2026
Inside engineering organizations, the sequence of software development is changing. Developers, product managers, background agents and connected systems can now generate code or open pull requests continuously, meaning code can exist before a team has established alignment or determined whether the work should ship. That shift is the problem CodeRabbit is building to solve. Get […]

Cursor Brand Name May Not Survive SpaceX Acquisition

August 09, 2026
SpaceX’s acquisition of AI coding startup Cursor could be completed in the coming days. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Cursor Eyes $50 Billion Valuation as AI Coding Demand Surges

April 17, 2026
Cursor, a maker of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools, is looking to raise about $2 billion in a funding round that would value it at over $50 billion, Bloomberg reported Friday...

Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem

February 13, 2026
Anthropic has formed a partnership that will make its artificial intelligence (AI) tools Claude and Claude Code available to 20,000 college students. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...