Gergely Orosz questions whether top engineers will join SpaceX after Cursor deal
Overview
Gergely Orosz, a software engineering writer, says the Cursor team is very talented but questions why engineers with offers from Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google DeepMind would join SpaceX after its acquisition of Cursor.
He cites how Musk companies treat engineers as his reason for doubt. He says he doubts top-tier people would join unless they were acqui-hired for money.
The post is a single X comment from Orosz. It does not report any hiring figures or departures from Cursor, and no SpaceX response is included in the report.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 11, 5:38 PM ET
Check the sources:
Article timeline
The articles in this story. Times are ET.
Gergely Orosz@GergelyOroszXGergely Orosz questions why top engineers would join SpaceX after its Cursor acquisitionAIGergely Orosz says the Cursor team is very talented but questions why engineers with offers from Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google DeepMind would join SpaceX given how Musk companies treat engineers. He says he doubts top-tier people would join unless they were acqui-hired for money.
Heat trend
Not enough continuous observations to show a trend yet.