OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
OpenAI recently estimated its Cursor partnership would make more than $1 billion in revenue a year, WIRED has learned. It still walked away after Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquired the AI coding startup.
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OpenAI ended a partnership with a popular AI coding tool startup after that startup was acquired by SpaceX in a deal valued at $60 billion. OpenAI had estimated the partnership would generate over $1 billion in annual revenue but decided to wind down the relationship anyway. The company stated in a late-night blog post that it could not trust the new owner, citing concerns about Elon Musk. This decision shows how business relationships in the AI industry can be disrupted by ownership changes and the personal dynamics between major figures.
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