Cursor is the leading AI-native IDE, now valued at $29.3B with over 1M daily users.
Strengths
- Visual Editor with drag-and-drop UI editing
- Point-and-Prompt for natural language changes
- Multi-file Composer mode
- Fastest proprietary model (4x faster)
- Deep codebase understanding via Merkle indexing
- Background Agents
Weaknesses
- Credit system unpredictable (Aug 2025 controversy)
- Visual Editor still buggy
- Learning curve for advanced features
- Agent Mode may edit unintended files
- High compute costs
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