Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
TechCrunch AI Rebecca Bellan August 19, 2026

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# SpaceX May Not Be Buying an AI Coding Company After All SpaceX was rumored to be trying to buy Cognition, a startup that makes AI tools for writing computer code, but the company's leader says this isn't happening. The potential deal would have been part of SpaceX's broader effort to compete with other major AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, and it already acquired a similar coding tool called Cursor.
SpaceX was reportedly in talks to buy AI coding startup Cognition. SpaceX has already acquired Cursor as it races to catch up to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic in enterprise AI.
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