Cursor
Mentioned in 220 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
This AI-powered code editor company is widely discussed across tech and AI podcasts as a leading example of successful application-layer AI development, with mentions of enterprise adoption surpassing competitors like GitHub Copilot and hundreds of millions of users. Podcasts frequently cite it as a notable success story in the current AI wave, with discussions of its integrated development environment and custom model capabilities for developers. The company has become a reference point for conversations about AI product engineering, developer-side AI adoption, and the future of coding workflows.
Mentioned On
Episode Mentions
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Aug 13, 2026
Grok 4.6 Shows How Fast Your AI Options Are Expanding
“Acquired by xAI for $60B in an all-stock deal, now viewed as potentially underpriced given Cognition's $40B valuation.”
TBPN · Aug 13, 2026
Kushner & Iger’s $12.5B Lakers Deal, Grok 4.6 Launches, Anthropic’s Watermarking Move | Diet TBPN
“Integrated Grok 4.6; CEO cited impressive Cursorbench results and agentic workflow benefits.”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Aug 12, 2026
Grok Bot Finally Makes AI Agents Easy
“Co-built Grokbot with SpaceX AI in one of their first major collaborative product releases.”
Dwarkesh Podcast · Aug 11, 2026
Ryan Greenblatt – Human level AIs might build runaway superintelligences by 2032
“Co-trained Grok 4.5 with SpaceX; discussed using earlier model versions to build rehearsal environments for next versions.”
TBPN · Aug 10, 2026
Zuck's AI Future, AI Hacks Gym, SpaceX Moons | Ryan Spoon, Nicolai Klemke, Adam Goldstein & Brian Yutko
“Reports emerged that SpaceX/xAI may abandon the Cursor brand in favor of Grok-branded coding tools.”
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Aug 9, 2026
The playbook for building high talent density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor
“Adam Ward is Head of Talent there; used as the primary case study for elite talent-density recruiting practices.”
Dwarkesh Podcast · Aug 7, 2026
8 Predictions for the Era of Continual Learning
“Used as an example of a coding AI tool that currently lacks switching costs between competing products.”
Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips · Aug 4, 2026
The AI Models That Are 100x Cheaper
“Cited as example of a company that forked Kimi K3 to build a proprietary coding model (Composer) using its own data.”
The Information's TITV · Jul 28, 2026
Trump Admin Nears AI Rules Framework, Microsoft’s Mythos Alternative, Why Claude Code is King
“Coding agent platform acquired by SpaceX; seeing 7x enterprise revenue growth but facing competition from Claude Code”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Jul 24, 2026
The Fight Over Open Source AI, Anthropic's $1.5B Payout, NYC Socialists: Evictions = Violence?
“Rolled out Composer 2 by post-training Kimi K2.5 on proprietary coding data, illustrating open-source derivative value.”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 24, 2026
Why AI Hasn’t Increased Unemployment, According to Anthropic
“Launched Cursor Router, allowing engineers to auto-select models by intelligence, cost, or balance with claimed 60% cost reduction.”
TBPN · Jul 22, 2026
HackingFace, White House $5B AI Science Bet, Travis Kalanick Joins | Veeral Patel, Lin Qiao, Jason Fried, Travis Kalanick, Max Hodak
“Named as a Fireworks AI customer that has been training its own specialized coding model on their platform.”
The Peterman Pod · Jul 20, 2026
Creator of OCaml: Functional Programming, Formal Verification, Programming Languages | Xavier Leroy
“AI-powered code editor mentioned as WorkOS customer”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 16, 2026
The New Enterprise Battle Over Who Owns the Model
“CEO revealed plans to become a top-tier model developer beyond coding, with ambitions for state-of-the-art models by year-end.”
The Information's TITV · Jul 15, 2026
On the Ground at UBS’ Private AI, Software and Internet Conference | Menlo Park
“Code-in startup being acquired by SpaceX for $60B, pivoting from coding to general AI models with internal codename Sand”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 15, 2026
5 AI Engineering Trends for Non-Engineers
“AI coding tool discussed at World's Fair; Pauline Brunet described enterprise deployment outcomes”
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jul 12, 2026
How tech workers actually feel about AI in 2026 | Annual AI sentiment survey (Noam Segal)
“AI-native company mentioned as WorkOS customer”
Cybersecurity Headlines · Jul 10, 2026
The Department of Know: France gets ready for quantum, JadePuffer ransomware, UK's Cyber Shield
“AI coding agent triggering endpoint security rules; mentioned as example of agent-based tools creating EDR signal-to-noise problems”
Big Technology Podcast · Jul 10, 2026
OpenAI Finally Ships Its Superapp, Meta’s AI Price War, ChatGPT Cheating At Brown
“Released agentic AI product for developers; example of function-specific rather than horizontal AI application”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jul 10, 2026
ChatGPT Just Became a Work Agent
“Developing SAND agent for general knowledge work; part of SpaceX AI; planning to use Grok 4.5 for non-coder users”
The Information's TITV · Jul 10, 2026
Meta Debuts Muse Spark 1.1, Blue Origin to Raise $10B, Cursor Develops AI Agent
“Developing personal AI agent product internally codenamed Sand to compete with Claude Cowork and ChatGPT Work”
AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical · Jul 10, 2026
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Here. And It's Really Freaking Good.
“IDE offering subsidized Grok 4.5 access at $20 for metric ton of usage on fast tier”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Jul 3, 2026
AI Sovereignty Wars, Palantir-Nvidia Deal, SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Newsom's CA Budget Lie
“Identified as the coding assistant that Anthropic studied before launching Claude Code to compete directly with it.”
The Bulwark Podcast · Jun 2, 2026
Derek Thompson: The Party of Vicemaxxing
“AI coding company experiencing surge in demand from software engineers using autonomous agents”
Odd Lots · May 21, 2026
Why Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman Built The World's Largest Computer Chip
“AI coding tool company using open-source models; competes with Anthropic and OpenAI coding products”
The Joe Rogan Experience · May 19, 2026
#2501 - Marc Andreessen
“AI coding tool enabling developers to work with coding agents for software development”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · May 14, 2026
RIP Golden Age of Agent Experimentation 2026-2026
“Alternative coding harness; estimated $200 subscription provides $2,000-$5,000 in compute value, illustrating scale of AI subsidies”
Prof G Markets · May 14, 2026
AI Skeptic: This Business Makes No Sense
“Largest AI startup; acquisition by Elon Musk fell through, signaling weakness in AI startup valuations and demand”
The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Deep Dives with Chris Koerner · May 12, 2026
Forget Apps. Sell These Tiny AI Tools Instead - Ep. #299
“AI-powered IDE alternative mentioned alongside Visual Studio Code for Claude Code and Codex integration”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · May 8, 2026
Elon's Anthropic Deal, The Next AI Monopoly?, "FDA for AI" Panic, Trading the AI Boom
“AI coding tool that secured deal with xAI for model access; represents market consolidation around developer tools”
AI & I · May 8, 2026
The Secrets of Claude's Platform From the Team Who Built It
“AI code editor referenced in discussion of model-specific harness engineering approaches”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · May 8, 2026
The Week the AI Story Shifted
“Added Slash Orchestrate skill for recursive multi-agent spawning; part of broader harness engineering trend”
Dwarkesh Podcast · May 8, 2026
David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution
“AI-powered research tool used by host to understand complex genetics papers and compare LLM outputs”
This Week in Startups · May 6, 2026
The end of Venture Capital? (VC Roundtable) | E2285
“AI coding assistant discussed for negative gross margins (-23%) and use of Chinese open-source models”
How I AI · May 6, 2026
Quests, token leaderboards, and a skills marketplace: The elite AI adoption playbook | John Kim (Sendbird)
“Mentioned as WorkOS customer for enterprise-ready AI development tools”
Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats · May 6, 2026
1002: The Real Pricing of LLMs
“AI code editor developing own models to reduce reliance on Anthropic's Claude”
TBPN · May 6, 2026
Sam vs Elon Trial, Coinbase Cuts 14% in AI Pivot, Digesting Meta Earnings | Diet TBPN
“AI coding tool with high demand; partnered with XAI to provide compute offtake for excess GPU capacity”
The Information's TITV · May 5, 2026
Greg Brockman’s “Rough Day” in Court, Amazon’s Hybrid AI Search, SpaceX’s $60B Cursor Deal
“AI coding startup valued at $60B in SpaceX partnership; positioned as state-of-the-art coding agent in competitive market”
The Cloud Pod · May 5, 2026
352: Google Next: Rebrandapalooza
“AI coding tool reaching $1B ARR and $29.3B valuation; partnering with SpaceX for compute infrastructure”
All TWiT.tv Shows (Audio) · Apr 30, 2026
Intelligent Machines 868: Happy Hamburgers Towing Timmy To The Sea
“AI coding agent used by PocketOS that deleted production database in 9 seconds, raising safety concerns about AI access to APIs”
The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 29, 2026
#863: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-Dollar Companies Before Everyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beat Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and Much More
“AI code editor; XAI pursuing acquisition, exemplifying consolidation trend in AI developer tools”
Dwarkesh Podcast · Apr 29, 2026
Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served
“Cursor IDE mentioned as offering FastMode; also a sponsor with design features discussed”
YPO Technology Network AI Brief · Apr 29, 2026
MCP Is The Plug. You Still Need The Outlet Cover.
“AI-assisted coding editor built on MCP; default tool for AI-assisted development in engineering teams”
Cybersecurity Headlines · Apr 29, 2026
Agent payments, Russian phishing, LeRobot RCE flaw
“AI coding agent tool that accidentally deleted PocketOS production database and all backups”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Apr 28, 2026
The AI Subsidy Era is Over
“Referenced as model for GitHub's new consumption-based billing approach with monthly credit allotments”
The Dan Bongino Show · Apr 28, 2026
The Real Insider Threat (Ep. 2504)
“AI coding agent powered by Claude that allegedly deleted entire company database in nine seconds”
Software Engineering Daily · Apr 28, 2026
Open-Weight AI Models
“Major Fireworks customer using custom models and speculative decoding for fast code completion and editing features”
Prof G Markets · Apr 27, 2026
Two Months In: Why Markets Stopped Caring About Iran
“AI coding startup acquired by SpaceX for $60B stock deal; $2B ARR; provides front-end for XAI product”
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Apr 26, 2026
Snapchat CEO: Why distribution has become the most important moat | Evan Spiegel
“AI-powered code editor using WorkOS for enterprise features”
TBPN · Apr 25, 2026
Intel Rips, Thrive Launches Eternal, GPT 5.5 | Diet TBPN
“Acquired for $60B; had negative 23% gross margins earlier this year; stickiness as AI entry point discussed; Composer retention mentioned”