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Microsoft's GitHub Under Siege As SpaceX's Cursor Takes The AI Stack

GitHub, a Microsoft subsidiary, faced its worst outage in years on the same day rival Cursor, backed by SpaceX, launched Origin, intensifying the race to dominate the AI developer stack. Cursor's Origin launch and GitHub's outage highlight the competitive pressure on GitHub's AI-powered tools like Copilot.

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Microsoft's GitHub Under Siege As SpaceX's Cursor Takes The AI Stack
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By Sandy Carter, ContributorSource:

Forbes InnovationThe GitHub rival, Cursorjust launched Origin, hours before GitHub's worst outage in years. Inside the AI industry's race to own the entire developer stack.Get AI news in your inbox

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