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Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup

TechCrunch · Aug 19, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC

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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