Cursor once self-described as "compute-starved." After an emergency meeting in January 2026, they decided to lean into Cursor’s biggest advantage: its beloved product and massive developer reach. By May 2026, they released Composer 2.5 and beat frontier models on a price-to-performance ratio. "It seemed utterly unreasonable that Cursor might pull this off in such a short amount of time. But iteration speed matters, and Cursor moves fast." Full piece from @sarahdingwang, @BornsteinMatt, and @martin_casado on Cursor + SpaceXAI: https://www.a16z.news/p/cursor-spacexai-fastest-iterating-team(a16z)