The IDE that won the AI coding fight. Period. 70 percent of the Fortune 1,000 are customers.
Cursor IDE is the AI-native code editor that won the developer market. Built on VS Code, supercharged with Claude, Anysphere's models, and autonomous Composer agents. Used by 70 percent of the Fortune 1,000.
What it does
Cursor is a code editor that puts AI at the center of the workflow. Tab autocomplete becomes whole-block prediction. Inline edit lets the developer rewrite code by describing what they want. Composer ships multi-file changes autonomously, running tests and iterating until the work is done. Agent mode handles smaller interactive tasks. Background agents run long.
The product positioning matters. Cursor isn't a Copilot competitor — it is the editor itself, with AI built into every primitive. Developers don't bolt AI onto their workflow; the workflow is AI from the start.
Anysphere crossed $1B ARR in November 2025 and doubled to $2B by February 2026 — the fastest B2B scaling on record. As of April 2026, Anysphere is in talks to raise at a $50B valuation.
Key features
- VS Code-based, all VS Code extensions work
- Tab autocomplete with whole-block prediction
- Inline edit with natural language
- Composer agents — multi-file autonomous task completion
- Agent mode — interactive AI assistant
- Background agents for long-running tasks
- Multi-model support (Claude, OpenAI, in-house Composer model)
- Native MCP support
- Codebase-aware context retrieval
Pricing
Cursor Pro — approximately $20/month for individuals. Cursor Business — approximately $40/user/month. Enterprise pricing is custom. Verify current pricing at cursor.com.
Common workflows
- Write code with tab autocomplete that predicts blocks, not just lines
- Refactor across files with inline natural-language edits
- Delegate multi-step features to Composer
- Run background agents while the developer focuses elsewhere
- Use the AI to review pull requests and suggest improvements
- Generate test suites for existing code
Company
Founders: Michael Truell (CEO), Sualeh Asif, Aman Sanger, Arvid Lunnemark — all MIT graduates
Founded: 2022
HQ: San Francisco
Headcount: 100+
Funding
Anysphere has raised in excess of $10 billion total. Key rounds: $8M seed (2023, OpenAI Startup Fund); $60M Series A (2024); $900M Series C at $9.9B (early 2025); $2.3B Series D at $29.3B (November 2025); and a 2026 round in talks at approximately $50B valuation. One of the ten most heavily capitalized private technology companies in the world.
Integrations
Native MCP support means Cursor connects to Linear, GitHub, Postgres, and every MCP server in the EPR directory. All VS Code extensions work.
Alternatives
Direct competitors include Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and Zed. For autonomous coding work, Cursor's own Composer agents, Devin, and Claude Code are the main options. The EPR AI Tools Directory ranks Cursor first in the coding assistant category.
Try it
cursor.com — download for macOS, Windows, or Linux.
EPR editorial verdict
Cursor is the IDE that won the AI coding fight. Period. Developers vote with their hands, and they are typing in Cursor. Copilot is the brand; Cursor is the workflow. $2B ARR in three years — the fastest B2B scaling on record. If you are shipping code in 2026 and not on Cursor, ask why.
EPR rating: 9.6/10.
Last updated
May 25, 2026.
Related EPR coverage: AI Tools Directory · Cursor Coding Agents · Claude Code · AI Tool Directories Index Volume. EPR Indexes Judgment.
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