Cursor’s frontier model 👨‍💻, OpenAI buys Astral ⚡, Perplexity Health 🏥

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This newsletter covers three major tech developments: Cursor is building its own frontier AI model for coding, OpenAI has acquired Astral (the Python tooling company behind Ruff and uv), and Perplexity has launched a health-focused product. The digest signals continued vertical integration across AI coding tools and AI-powered health information.

Cursor’s frontier model 👨‍💻, OpenAI buys Astral ⚡, Perplexity Health 🏥 | subtl