Microsoft's GitHub under siege as SpaceX's Cursor takes the AI stack

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AI coding assistant Cursor, backed by SpaceX-linked capital, is challenging Microsoft's GitHub for dominance of the AI developer stack.

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2026-08-20 00:00 · Forbes AI
Microsoft's GitHub under siege as SpaceX's Cursor takes the AI stack

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