Cursor Statistics
AI-first code editor by Anysphere. The fastest-revaluing developer tool in history — from $400M to $29.3B in 12 months.
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Company & funding
Series D at $29.3B valuation
Co-led by Accel and Coatue Management, November 2025.
Source: Wikipedia · Nov 2025
Usage & adoption
Reported xAI acquisition offer
April 2026: SpaceX (through xAI) reportedly agreed to acquire Anysphere and Cursor for $60 billion.
Source: Wikipedia · Apr 2026
Security incidents & research
AI support bot hallucination incident
Cursor's AI support bot falsely cited a non-existent policy prohibiting one subscription license being used on multiple devices, generating widespread user backlash before being publicly corrected.
Source: Wikipedia · Apr 2025
AI-built apps with vulnerabilities (industry-wide)
SusVibes peer-reviewed research found only 10.5% of vibe-coded apps were secure. Cursor-built apps were part of the studied cohort.
Source: SusVibes (arXiv:2512.03262) · Dec 2025
AI-built apps missing basic protections
Tenzai's audit of popular AI coding agents — including Cursor — found 98% of resulting apps shipped without basic security controls.
Source: Tenzai · 2025
Reports & research
Bad Vibes: Comparing the Secure-Coding Capabilities of Popular AI Coding Agents
Tenzai · 2025
Direct comparison of Cursor against other AI agents on security.
SusVibes: Auditing the Security of Vibe-Coded Applications
arXiv preprint · 2025
Only 10.5% of vibe-coded apps are secure.
Do Users Write More Insecure Code with AI Assistants?
Stanford University (arXiv:2211.03622) · 2023
Foundational study showing developers using AI assistants produce significantly less secure code while believing it's more secure.
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