sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billionwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down18
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX is buying Cursor for $60 billionwww.businessinsider.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square101fedilink
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-213 hours agoIt’s actually worth wayyy more. Microsoft already broke even just 2 years later (2016). It’s estimated they made 8.5B total since acquisition. Cursor will likely never make 8.5 billion let alone 60.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoBut Microsoft didn’t plan on that. They only bought Mojang because they needed to launder offshore money from Europe. In case you guys haven’t figured it out, Musk is just a tool of Wall Street, whether these companies make money or not is completely irrelevant.
It’s actually worth wayyy more. Microsoft already broke even just 2 years later (2016). It’s estimated they made 8.5B total since acquisition.
Cursor will likely never make 8.5 billion let alone 60.
But Microsoft didn’t plan on that. They only bought Mojang because they needed to launder offshore money from Europe.
In case you guys haven’t figured it out, Musk is just a tool of Wall Street, whether these companies make money or not is completely irrelevant.