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

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/microsofts-github-under-siege-as-spacexs-cursor-takes-the-ai-acyv>
> Published: 2026-08-20 13:30:00+00:00

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

By Sandy Carter, ContributorSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)The GitHub rival,

[Cursor](/compare/github-copilot-vs-cursor)just 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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