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OpenAI cuts Cursor access after SpaceX deal, and the 5% figure is the point

8/30/2026

The feud between Sam Altman and Elon Musk just became an infrastructure story.

OpenAI's decision to revoke Cursor's API access following SpaceX's (NASDAQ: SPCX) $60 billion acquisition of the coding platform reads as a punitive move, yet SpaceX says OpenAI was handling roughly 5% of Cursor user traffic when the cutoff landed.

The revocation came with a direct statement.

OpenAI said it made the choice because it could not be confident SpaceX would use its technology within its terms of service, citing what it described as a pattern of contract violations by Musk's companies.

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