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OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

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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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  1. 2026-09-03 16:43 · r/OpenAI
    OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk
  2. 2026-09-03 16:42 · Wired AI
    OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

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