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xAI warns staff to limit contact with Cursor employees
xAI’s general counsel warned staff to limit contact with Cursor employees weeks after the two teams began working together, raising gun-jumping antitrust concerns ahead of a potential $60 billion acquisition tied to SpaceX’s record IPO.
TL;DR
- xAI instructed its employees to limit interactions with staff from Cursor, an AI coding startup slated for a potential $60 billion acquisition by SpaceX.
- The directive from xAI's general counsel aims to avoid 'gun-jumping' violations under US antitrust law, which could jeopardize the acquisition.
- The potential acquisition of Cursor is linked to SpaceX's upcoming IPO, expected to be the largest in history.
- xAI is facing internal operational issues, including layoffs, departures of co-founders, and delayed payments to employees.
- Cursor is a fast-scaling B2B software company with a significant user base among Fortune 500 companies.