Cursor just rolled out a feature that lets developers run AI coding agents on any machine and manage them remotely from a phone. You can now kick off tasks on a remote devbox asynchronously without being tethered to a physical desk. It effectively turns mobile devices into remote controllers for background coding workflows.
Cursor just launched Composer 2, its new frontier-level coding model now available directly in the editor. Trained via continued pretraining and reinforcement learning on long-horizon tasks, it hits 61.3 on CursorBench while cutting pricing to $0.50/M input and $2.50/M output tokens. A faster variant is also available and set as the default option.
NVIDIA just launched the Nemotron Coalition, teaming up with Mistral AI, Cursor, Perplexity, LangChain, and other top AI labs to build open frontier foundation models. Their first milestone is a joint base model co-developed with Mistral AI on DGX Cloud, which will be open-sourced to underpin the upcoming Nemotron 4 model family.
Elon Musk just revealed that xAI "was not built right" and is undergoing a ground-up rebuild after 9 of its 11 original co-founders departed, including Grok Code lead Guodong Zhang. Musk admitted Grok is lagging in coding, prompting raids on Cursor talent as the startup reshuffles ahead of a massive planned IPO.
xAI just hired Andrew Milich and Jason Ginsberg, two senior product engineering leads from hot coding startup Cursor, reporting directly to Elon Musk. Musk admitted that Grok is currently lagging behind rivals in coding and said the startup is undergoing an all-hands rebuild to leapfrog the competition. Why it matters: Cursor built the gold standard for developer workflows, and xAI wants that applied product magic inside its models.
Alex Finn fed Cursor's new 'AI records its own demo video' announcement into his OpenClaw agent Henry, which fully rebuilt the feature and recorded a demo in just five minutes. The setup is now embedded in their workflow, automatically attaching demo clips to every pull request.
Cursor just launched cloud agents that run in isolated virtual machines, giving them dedicated environments to build, interact with, and test software in parallel. Instead of handing off unverified diffs, each agent iterates independently and returns merge-ready PRs complete with video demos and logs. Cursor says over 30% of its own merged PRs are now built autonomously by these agents.
Cursor just launched a plugin marketplace that lets its AI agents connect directly to external developer tools. These plugins package MCP servers, skills, and subagents to handle tasks across the product cycle—like generating Stripe payments, pulling Figma designs, or deploying to AWS. Users can install community plugins or build their own, with private team hubs on the way.
Cursor just announced a definitive agreement to acquire Graphite, the code review platform used by hundreds of thousands of engineers. As AI drastically accelerates code generation, reviewing and merging pull requests have become the true bottleneck. Graphite will remain independent while both teams work to bridge local coding with PR workflows.
xAI just released Grok Code Fast 1, its first model built specifically for agent-based programming. It scores 70.8% on SWE-bench with aggressive pricing at $0.20 per million input tokens. Developers can test it for free on GitHub Copilot and Cursor, though early feedback suggests it still struggles on complex tasks.
Cursor just dropped version 1.4, packing a significantly more capable agent built for complex, long-running tasks across large codebases. The update also equips the agent with better tools, improves token efficiency, and boosts code editing accuracy.
Cursor just moved Bugbot out of beta, rolling out its AI code review agent to all users. The tool automatically analyzes pull requests for edge cases and logic bugs before code hits production, guided by custom rules via BUGBOT.md. During beta, it reviewed over 1 million PRs, with over 50% of detected issues resolved before merge.
Cursor maker Anysphere just apologized after shifting its $20-per-month Pro tier to API-rate usage, which caught subscribers off guard with unexpected charges and quickly depleted balances on newer models like Claude. CEO Michael Truell promised refunds to affected users, highlighting the growing cost pressures AI coding tools face from frontier model providers.
Cursor just launched Cursor Agent on web and mobile, letting developers kick off coding tasks from any browser or PWA. Agents can fix bugs, create pull requests in the background, and trigger directly through Slack mentions, keeping everything in sync when you return to your desktop editor.
Cursor just launched a new $200/month Ultra plan packing 20x more usage than Pro, tailored for heavy coders who want predictable bills instead of pay-as-you-go spikes. The company is also upgrading Pro by shifting from request caps to compute limits, unlocking unlimited tool calls and unlimited access to its Auto model.
Cursor just launched Cursor 1.0, giving the AI editor built-in code review, the ability to remember past mistakes, and background multitasking for dozens of jobs at once. It means developers can offload tedious fixes and refactoring to the background without getting blocked.
CodeRabbit just launched free in-IDE AI code reviews for VS Code and its popular forks, including Cursor and Windsurf. The lightweight extension analyzes uncommitted changes in real time, flags bugs line-by-line, and lets you apply one-click fixes or hand context over to AI coding agents before opening a PR.
OpenAI is reportedly acquiring AI coding tool Windsurf (formerly Codeium) for approximately $3 billion, marking the company's largest acquisition to date. The deal hands OpenAI a dedicated developer interface to reduce reliance on Microsoft infrastructure and take on rivals like Cursor and GitHub Copilot directly.
Cursor's AI customer support agent, named "Sam," invented a non-existent policy claiming subscriptions were limited to a single device. The hallucinated response went viral on Reddit and Hacker News, sparking immediate cancellations from angry developers before Cursor stepped in to apologize. It's a stark reminder of what happens when confident LLMs handle customer service without human oversight.
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf for around $3 billion. Before targeting Windsurf, the ChatGPT maker made two unsuccessful takeover attempts for Cursor creator Anysphere. If finalized, this would mark OpenAI's most expensive acquisition to date as the battle over developer tools intensifies.
