vertical-integration

SpaceX Isn't a Rocket Company Anymore. That Should Scare Us. A freshly public SpaceX just deployed its IPO windfall to acquire Cursor, an AI coding platform, for $60 billion in stock. The speed and scale of the move—closing days after the IPO—signals something larger than a strategic partnership. It's a flex of vertical integration ambition that our current antitrust framework has no real answer for. We're watching the blueprint for a new kind of tech monopoly unfold in real time, and regulators are still arguing about Amazon's warehouse deals. Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash The Rocket Company That Became a…