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2 charts: SpaceX closes $60B acquisition of Cursor Original

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By John Gabbert, Jacob E. Robbins Verified, Stephanie Zhu
| PitchBook Verified
The second-largest acquisition of a venture-backed company on record is official. Cursor, the fast-growing agentic coding startup, is now a part of SpaceX after the space giant led by Elon Musk completed its $60 billion all-stock acquisition Friday. The deal pairs one of the fastest-growing startups with SpaceX’s vast—and expensive to run—infrastructure-centric xAI division. The latter has its sights set on improving its AI service offerings and is betting big on agentic coding to get there.
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VCs are finding their best returns outside the coasts

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By Michael Bodley Verified, Stephanie Zhu
| Yahoo Finance Verified
While US venture investment has remained concentrated on the coasts, with a handful of New York and Bay Area startups capturing the bulk of overall VC dollars, the performance of those investments has been much more mixed. Backing startups in smaller hubs, such as Washington, DC; Miami and even Phoenix, has been more lucrative this year for VCs on a MOIC (multiple on invested capital) basis, according to new PitchBook data.
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VCs are finding their best returns outside the coasts

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By John Gabbert, Michael Bodley Verified, Stephanie Zhu
| PitchBook Verified
While US venture investment has remained concentrated on the coasts, with a handful of New York and Bay Area startups capturing the bulk of overall VC dollars, the performance of those investments has been much more mixed. Backing startups in smaller hubs, such as Washington, DC; Miami and even Phoenix, has been more lucrative this year for VCs on a MOIC (multiple on invested capital) basis, according to new PitchBook data.
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