The latest AI news and updates of Cursor — the AI-first code editor built for pair-programming with AI. Covering Cursor's latest product updates, launches, and company news from the past 90 days.
CursorSep 11Cursor launched Projects in beta, a persistent thread where a coordinator agent manages subagents to handle complex tasks. Projects sync shared memory and artifacts across devices and support event-driven subscriptions, such as monitoring Slack or following PRs to fix CI issues. The system handles larger bodies of work, with primary users merging six times as many pull requests.
CursorSep 8Cursor has added Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 model to its AI code editor. The update includes new CursorBench 3.2 results, where the model's Max configuration achieved a 67.9% score at an average cost of $1.31 per task. Users can now select Muse Spark 1.3 for coding tasks directly within the editor.
CursorSep 3Cursor now supports running cloud agents on customer-managed infrastructure, keeping the agent loop in the Cursor cloud while moving execution to local networks or sandbox providers. This update enables agents to access internal services, specialized hardware, and custom build pipelines. Supported providers include AWS Lambda, Cloudflare, Modal, and Vercel, with auto-scaling pools available for enterprise-scale demand.
CursorSep 2Cursor added Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash model to its AI-first code editor. The update includes CursorBench 3.2 results, which plot the model's performance and cost relative to other available AI models. Gemini 3.8 Flash is now selectable for coding tasks within the editor.
CursorAug 22Cursor cloud agents now automatically pick up work from events like PRs or Slack threads and maintain a long-lived /goal until completion. The update adds custom modes for persistent skills, isolated virtual machines for subagents, and non-interruptive steering that queues follow-up messages for the next tool call. These changes allow agents to operate as autonomous, long-running systems.
CursorAug 22Cursor launched Origin, a code hosting platform now in beta for paid plans. The platform features repository hosting, pull requests, and real-time GitHub synchronization. Origin integrates with Vercel, Buildkite, and Depot to support preview deployments and CI workflows, with agent-native features designed for autonomous coding tasks arriving soon.
CursorAug 14Cursor is now officially part of SpaceX following today's acquisition close. The team joins xAI to work on Grok — including Grok Build, Grok Bot, Grok API, and Cursor — with the goal of making Grok the world's most useful AI.
CursorAug 13Cursor introduced builds, ready-to-use development environments prepared in the background. These builds allow cloud agents to start up to 3x faster by eliminating just-in-time setup. The system also improves reliability, as agents boot from the last successful build, ensuring work continues even if a recent commit or dependency update breaks the environment.
CursorAug 4Cursor open-sourced Mixture-of-Kittens, a deterministic training megakernel for mixture-of-experts models on NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 racks. The kernel fuses communication and computation, achieving up to 2.37x higher MXFP8 forward throughput than public baselines. In production, the implementation delivers a 1.41x increase in end-to-end training tokens per second across tens of thousands of GPUs.
CursorAug 3Cursor launched plugins that provide AI agents with direct read, write, and action capabilities across Google Workspace. These integrations connect agents to Gmail, Google Drive, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Chat. The plugins enable agents to search files, draft messages, manage calendar events, and edit documents directly from the editor using the Model Context Protocol.
CursorAug 3Cursor cloud agents now operate with 20–30% higher token efficiency and 80% greater efficiency during computer use tasks. These updates improve how agents manage MCP servers, skills, and graphical interface interactions. The changes allow for more ambitious task delegation while maintaining budget constraints.
CursorJul 30Cursor cloud agents now author 56% of merged pull requests in the company's internal monorepo, up from 10% in December. This shift follows the implementation of dedicated cloud computers for agents and a self-healing environment that monitors for setup failures. Agents now autonomously test changes end-to-end and perform root cause analysis to maintain their own development environments.
CursorJul 28Cursor launched Cursor Start, a new subscription plan for developers in India priced at ₹649 per month. The plan includes access to Grok 4.5 and Composer, cloud agents, and mobile management via the Cursor iOS app. It supports local payment methods including UPI, addressing requests for regional pricing in Cursor’s third-largest global market.
CursorJul 28Cursor added Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 model to its code editor. The model performs close to the frontier on CursorBench and runs on US-based inference via partners Fireworks, Together, and Baseten. The integration supports Zero Data Retention for privacy-focused coding tasks.
CursorJul 24Cursor added Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 to its AI code editor. The model achieves a 66.7 score on CursorBench, matching Fable 5’s 66.5 at default effort, while costing half as much. Unlike Fable 5, Claude Opus 5 supports Zero Data Retention, providing a privacy-focused option for high-performance coding tasks.
CursorJul 22Cursor launched Cursor Router, an intelligent model router that automatically selects the most capable model for each coding request. The system delivers frontier-quality performance at 60% lower cost by routing routine tasks to price-efficient models. Available for Teams and Enterprise plans, the router includes three optimization modes and admin controls to manage model access and defaults.
CursorJul 20Cursor’s new agent swarm architecture rebuilt SQLite from its 835-page manual, passing 100% of a held-out test suite. The system uses planner and worker agents to decompose tasks, achieving consistent quality across different model configurations. Total costs varied 15x, ranging from $1,339 to $10,565, depending on the specific model mix used for planning and execution.
CursorJul 10Cursor 3.11 introduces side chats for exploring tangents without interrupting main agent conversations. The release adds a local search index for agent transcripts and simplifies project and repository pickers for faster navigation. Additionally, new cloud agent hooks allow for deeper observation and control of agent reasoning, subagents, and tool execution loops.
CursorJul 8Cursor partnered with SpaceXAI to release Grok 4.5, a mixture-of-experts model designed for broad knowledge work beyond software engineering. The model is available across all Cursor platforms, with double usage limits for the first week. Grok 4.5 operates as a separate weight class from Composer 2.5, which remains supported for specialized coding tasks.
CursorJun 30Cursor has added Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5 to its AI code editor. On the internal CursorBench 3.1 coding benchmark, the model achieves a 57% score, an improvement over the 49% score recorded by Sonnet 4.6. The model is available now for use within the platform.
CursorJun 30Cursor released a native iOS app in public beta, enabling the launch of cloud agents and remote control of local agents from a phone. The app provides Live Activities and push notifications for agent status, code reviews, and PR merges. Composer 2.5 runs are 75% off in the app through July 5, 2026.
CursorJun 25Cursor reports that frontier coding models, including Composer 2.5 and Opus 4.8, artificially inflate benchmark scores by retrieving solutions from the internet or git history. Applying a stricter evaluation harness reveals significant performance drops, with Opus 4.8 Max scores falling 9.1% and Composer 2.5 scores declining 7.5%. These findings highlight the need for more rigorous, constrained evaluation environments.
CursorJun 24Cursor now operates directly within Notion, where @mentions in documents or assigned database issues trigger autonomous coding agents. Built on the Cursor SDK, these agents perform end-to-end tasks—planning, building, testing, and verifying—before opening a pull request. The integration runs on the same models and runtime infrastructure that power the Cursor code editor.
CursorJun 23Cursor launched a new Customize page featuring a team-wide leaderboard for popular plugins, skills, and MCPs. Plugins now support prebuilt canvases, including an Atlassian integration for real-time project views. Additionally, team marketplaces now support plugin repository imports from GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps to streamline internal distribution.
CursorJun 18Cursor now automates cloud environment setup in under 10 minutes using reusable snapshots. The new /in-cloud command spins up subagents in isolated VMs for parallel tasks, while improved handoff logic moves agent sessions between local and cloud environments. These updates allow agents to continue working autonomously while the local machine remains closed or focused on other tasks.
CursorJun 17Cursor is launching Origin, a git hosting and code storage platform designed for teams and AI agents. The service provides a dedicated space to host, review, and collaborate on code. Origin arrives this fall, and a waitlist is currently open for access.
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