OpenAI Cut Off a Billion-Dollar Customer to Avoid Elon Musk

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OpenAI originally expected its Cursor partnership to generate over $1 billion in revenue annually, but the company ultimately decided to end its cooperation with this AI programming firm. This decision was made because Elon Musk had already acquired Cursor, and OpenAI terminated the business partnership to avoid any association with Musk.

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W Wired AI en 2026-09-04 00:42

OpenAI once estimated that its Cursor partnership would generate over $1 billion in revenue annually, but the company ultimately abandoned the cooperation due to Elon Musk’s acquisition of the AI programming company.