AI-Native Code Editor — The Most-Loved Dev Tool
The consensus on Cursor (Anysphere): Choose Cursor if you want to shape the future of AI-assisted coding on a tiny team — but the pace is relentless.
Founded in 2022 by Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif, Arvid Lunnemark, and Aman Sanger out of MIT, Cursor (Anysphere) is building the AI-native code editor that developers love. The culture is pure product-engineering — a tiny team with extreme ownership, zero bloat, and a relentless focus on shipping. Every engineer has outsized impact on the product used by millions of developers daily.
Cursor editor built as a VS Code fork with deep AI integration. AI-native IDE with proprietary models powering autocomplete, chat, and code generation.
Proprietary models fine-tuned for code understanding. Combines frontier LLMs with custom models for low-latency, high-quality code suggestions. Try Cursor →
Extremely flat. ~50 people total, mostly engineers. No traditional management layers. Engineers own features end-to-end from ideation to production.
Explore all 90 open roles at Cursor below.