How did 4 MIT students build a $60 billion company that sold to SpaceX in just 4 years? This is the story of Cursor the AI coding tool that started as a pivot, turned down OpenAI's acquisition offer, and just sold to SpaceX in one of the biggest tech exits ever.

In this episode of The Startup Leap, Maria Rotilu breaks down:

✅ How Cursor started (hint: it wasn't an AI coding tool)

✅ The 3 reasons Cursor won when hundreds of competitors failed

✅ Why SpaceX paid $60B — all in stock

✅ 3 founder lessons every startup can apply right now

Whether you're building your first product or scaling your startup, Cursor's story has lessons that are impossible to ignore.

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