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TNB Tech Minute: SpaceX Secures $60 Billion Option to Buy AI Coding Startup

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Florida officials launch criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT’s role in mass shooting. And a Tesla supplier unveils new fast-charging electric vehicle batteries. Danny Lewis hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.5

Here's your morning, TNB Tech Minute, for Wednesday, April 22nd.

0:35.3

I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.8

SpaceX says it has secured the option to buy AI coding startup cursor for $60 billion. SpaceX announced in a post on

0:44.9

X that the companies are working closely together on coding and AI, and that it has the option to purchase

0:50.2

cursor later this year. If there isn't to purchase, SpaceX could pay up to $10 billion

0:54.8

for work in the partnership. The potential deal is the latest move by SpaceX to reinvent itself

1:00.1

ahead of a potential public offering this year. The IPO is expected to bring in billions of dollars

1:05.0

in new capital it could use to develop AI models to compete with industry heavyweights like OpenAI

1:09.8

and Anthropic.

1:16.6

Florida is launching a criminal investigation into OpenAI over the role ChatGPT played in a mass shooting that killed two people at Florida State University last year.

1:20.6

Authorities say the chatbot appeared to advise the suspect on the attack, including the type

1:25.3

of gun and ammunition, as well as the location on campus and

1:28.6

time of day the suspect could encounter the most people. The investigation marks one of the first

1:33.6

attempts to hold an AI company criminally liable for deaths. A spokeswoman for OpenAI said the company

1:39.0

doesn't believe ChatGBT was responsible for the shooting, and that OpenAI continues to

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