Cursor
An AI-powered code editor forked from VS Code, developed by Anysphere.
Updated May 2026
Overview
- Website
- cursor.com
- Founded
- 2022
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Ownership
- Private
- Segment
- AI-Assisted Development
Product overview
Cursor offers an AI-first IDE that integrates advanced language models for code generation, debugging, refactoring, and codebase understanding, targeting professional developers and engineering teams. Used by over half of Fortune 500 companies, it accelerates software development through features like autonomous agents, multi-model support, and unlimited autocomplete in paid plans., ). Its distinction lies in deep codebase awareness and agentic workflows, outperforming traditional editors like GitHub Copilot in multi-file edits and natural language coding.
Revenue model
Subscription tiers: Free Hobby (limited), Pro ($20/mo), Pro+ ($60/mo, 3x usage), Ultra ($200/mo, 20x usage); Business: Teams ($40/user/mo), Enterprise (custom) with credit-based usage for premium models..
Moat
Cursor's key competitive moat lies in its exceptional developer experience through tight feedback loops with early adopters, rapid UI/UX iteration, and deep AI integration into coding workflows, including codebase indexing for context-aware suggestions and the acquisition of Supermaven's low-latency Babble model for end-to-end stack control. This first-mover advantage in solving complex integration challenges, combined with fast execution by a focused team and quick adoption of new LLMs, creates high switching costs and a lead that incumbents struggle to match.
Stack lineage
What powers Cursor
- Temporal
Cursor's cloud agents run on Temporal at serious scale: over 50 million Temporal actions per day, across more than 7 million unique workflows, with a 99%+ activity success rate.
- Together AI
Cursor partnered with Together AI to deliver real-time, low-latency inference at scale.
What Cursor powers
- NVIDIA
Jensen Huang, President & CEO: 'Every one of our engineers, some 40,000, are now assisted by AI and our productivity has gone up incredibly.'