Startup profile for Cursor: latest funding, latest known valuation, total disclosed funding, investors, status, sources, and why the company is interesting. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.
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Cursor funding, valuation and investors

AI-native code editor (Anysphere) that forks VS Code for agentic programming workflows.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Series D

$2.3B · November 2025

Latest known valuation

$60B press-reported

Acquired by SpaceX · August 2026

Total disclosed equity funding

$3.4B

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

acquired

acquired

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Coatue

Other: Andreessen Horowitz

Latest tracked event: Acquired by SpaceX (August 2026). It is shown separately because it is not counted as disclosed equity funding.

Sources: latest funding latest valuation event Last verified: 2026-08-29

Overview

Cursor is an AI-native code editor built by Anysphere — a fork of VS Code adding agentic programming: next-action prediction, natural-language edits, and chat-with-codebase. On August 14, 2026 Cursor published that SpaceX had acquired the company, completing a process that started with an April 2026 SpaceXAI training partnership. The company post does not state a price; CNBC (June 16, 2026) and The Verge (close day) report $60 billion all-stock. On August 28, 2026 OpenAI said it notified SpaceX that it will wind down the Cursor model contract, proposing a November 12, 2026 shutoff under a change-of-control clause. Prior venture: a16z co-led Series A ($60M, Aug 2024); Thrive led B/C; Coatue co-led a reported $2.3B Series D in Nov 2025 with a16z and Benchmark among participants.

Why Cursor is interesting

Cursor confirmed on August 14, 2026 that it is now part of SpaceX. Press reports a $60B all-stock price (CNBC/The Verge) that is not in Cursor’s close post. On August 28 OpenAI said it will wind down the contract that supplies its models to Cursor, with a proposed November 12, 2026 shutoff. Cursor’s CEO said OpenAI is about 5% of user traffic.

Product & use cases

AI-native IDE (VS Code fork) with agentic coding — inline edits, codebase chat, and multi-file refactors powered by frontier models.

  • Daily AI-assisted software development
  • Codebase-wide refactors via natural language
  • Team standardization on AI coding workflows

Key facts

  • Acquired by SpaceX (Aug 14, 2026): company-confirmed close. $60B all-stock is press-reported (CNBC June; The Verge) — not in Cursor’s close post
  • Aug 28, 2026: OpenAI proposed winding down Cursor model access on November 12 (company post). Cursor CEO: ~5% of user traffic
  • Series D (Nov 2025): $2.3B co-led by Coatue; a16z and Thrive Capital participated — TechCrunch, Cursor blog
  • Series C (Jun 2025): $900M led by Thrive Capital; a16z participated — TechCrunch
  • Series B (Dec 2024): $105M led by Thrive Capital; a16z and Benchmark participated — TechCrunch
  • Series A (Aug 2024): $60M co-led by a16z and Thrive Capital — TechCrunch

Funding history (newest first)

Acquired by SpaceX

2026-08 $60B all-stock (press-reported) Valuation: $60B press-reported
  • SpaceX

Source: https://cursor.com/blog/joining-spacex

Series D

2025-11 $2.3B

Source: https://techcrunch.com/

Series C

2025-06 $900M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/

Series B

2024-12 $105M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/

Series A

2024-08 $60M

Source: https://techcrunch.com/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Cursor's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Benchmark Coatue Thrive Capital

Competitive landscape

Edge: Cursor differentiates through focused product scope and a16z-backed GTM in its category — see competitors for tradeoffs vs. incumbents.

Cursor operates in a competitive category where incumbents have distribution but startups win on workflow fit. See named competitors for honest better/worse notes; we do not invent market share.

  • GitHub Copilot direct

    Microsoft IDE integration; Cursor full AI-native editor fork.

  • Windsurf (Codeium) direct

    AI IDE competitor with agentic features.

  • JetBrains AI incumbent

    IDE incumbent adding AI; less AI-native architecture.

Notable stories

  • Series D (Nov 2025): $2.3B co-led by Coatue; a16z and Thrive Capital participated — TechCrunch, Cursor blog
  • Series C (Jun 2025): $900M led by Thrive Capital; a16z participated — TechCrunch

Industries

AI & Machine Learning Developer Tools Enterprise SaaS

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FAQs about Cursor

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

AI-native IDE (VS Code fork) with agentic coding — inline edits, codebase chat, and multi-file refactors powered by frontier models.
Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Coatue, and Benchmark across Series A–D. Last disclosed round: $2.3B Series D in November 2025 (Coatue co-led).
No company-disclosed close price. CNBC (June 16, 2026) and The Verge (August 14) report $60 billion all-stock. Treat $60B as press-reported. Last disclosed venture round: $2.3B Series D in November 2025.
Yes — Cursor’s August 14, 2026 post says it has officially been acquired by SpaceX. The $60B all-stock figure is press-reported, not in that post. On August 28 OpenAI proposed ending Cursor’s model contract on November 12.
Yes, as of August 14, 2026 (company confirmation of close).
Cursor’s close post does not state a price. CNBC (June 16) and The Verge (close day) report $60 billion all-stock.
Acquired by SpaceX as of August 14, 2026 (company post). $60B price is press-reported, not company-disclosed.
August 14, 2026, per Cursor’s joining-SpaceX post.
GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Lovable (app generation, not an IDE), and lab-owned coding agents such as Claude Code / Codex.
OpenAI said on August 28, 2026 that it will wind down the Cursor contract, with a proposed November 12, 2026 shutoff. Cursor’s CEO said OpenAI models serve about 5% of user traffic. See /2026-openai-winds-down-cursor-models.
AI/ML, developer tools, and enterprise software teams that live in an IDE.
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