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Cursor
AI Market Atlas · by Pro Pluribus
Anysphere · owned by SpaceX/xAI
The leading AI IDE; acquired by SpaceX for $60B in August. New plans (12 Oct) bundle it into the X Subscription; the $20 Pro tier is now legacy.
The October update missed the 12 Oct plan change; added 27 Oct.
What it offers
Main offerings
- Cursor IDE
- AI-native editor built on VS Code.
- Cloud / background agents
- Hand off tasks that run remotely in parallel.
- Live Apps
- Cloud agents build, host and publish web apps with database, sign-in and security checks (5 Nov).
- Composer models
- Cursor's own fast coding models; also runs Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok.
- Grok Bot
- Included with Cursor plans since the acquisition.
- Plans
- Free, Plus ($8, Grok models only), Premium ($30), Super ($100) and Ultra ($200), introduced 12 Oct; Teams from $30 a user.
Recent news
- Cursor agents can now build, host and publish live web appsCursor now provisions database, sign-in and hosting itself, moving into Lovable and Replit territory.Cursor ↗
- Tampered Claude Code extension versions appear in Cursor's marketplaceTwo versions tried to install an SSH backdoor for about 11 hours, a real supply-chain incident for agent tooling.Cursor ↗
- Cursor moves new customers to the X SubscriptionCursor now sells as part of the SpaceX bundle; the cheapest plan uses Grok models only.Tech Insider ↗
- Cursor ships Grok 4.7 on day one of its SpaceXAI releaseThe first frontier model released under SpaceXAI ownership; Cursor calls it its strongest for long-running coding.Cursor blog ↗
- SpaceX closes $60B all-stock acquisition of CursorCursor now has SpaceX's GPU fleet behind it to train its own cheaper, stronger coding modelsTechCrunch ↗
- SpaceXAI and Cursor prepare first jointly developed coding modelCursor moves from wrapping other labs' models toward owning a frontier-class modelYahoo Finance (The Information) ↗
- SpaceX exercises option to buy Anysphere for $60BThis confirmed the largest exit in AI coding and roughly doubled the Nov 2025 $29.3B valuationWikipedia ↗
- Cursor 3 ships an agent-first interface beyond the IDECursor is repositioning from editor to agent-orchestration platform, competing directly with Claude Code and CodexInfoQ ↗
- Cursor launches Automations for trigger-driven background agentsAgents now start from Slack, code changes or timers, with no human prompt neededTechCrunch ↗
This map is a by-product of the work. Keeping track of what each of these actually does, and which ones are worth your time, is part of how I advise founder-led companies on AI. If you want that applied to your business, the first conversation is free.
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