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Cursor

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Software Development Watching 877 employees Updated as of Jul 17
The read

Cursor added 42 people over 90 days (net +29), anchored by a striking leadership build-out: a new Field CTO, four regional and GTM VPs (ASEAN, AI Deployment, Strategic GTM, Learning Experience), and senior hires pulled from Grafana Labs, Zscaler, MongoDB, and Salesforce. Sales now leads the function mix at 111 headcount, outpacing engineering (83) and operations (70), signaling an enterprise GTM pivot. Departures included a VP Solutions Architecture (APJ) and multiple Campus Leads to U.S. Bank and Meta, but the executive influx suggests Cursor is trading campus recruiting infrastructure for field sales firepower.

+2% of staff
Net headcount · 90d
+25
mostly Sales
New hires · 90d
35
vs 35 hires
Departures · 90d
10
quiet
Leadership moves · 90d
0

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Hiring pace

New hires per month, last 12 months. 300 total hires.

0 joined
Sep 2025
0 joined
Oct 2025
0 joined
Nov 2025
0 joined
Dec 2025
0 joined
Jan 2026
0 joined
Feb 2026
19 joined
Mar 2026
103 joined
Apr 2026
143 joined
May 2026
35 joined
Jun 2026
0 joined
Jul 2026
0 joined
Aug 2026
12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

  • 13 people joined Sales Aggregate
  • 10 people joined Aggregate
  • 4 people left Aggregate
  • 3 people left Aggregate
  • 2 people joined Aggregate
  • 2 people left Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Sales +13
+7
+2
+2
+2

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Talent flow

Which companies Cursor hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

Grafana Labs+3
Zscaler+3
MongoDB+2
Salesforce+2
AcuityMD+1
Ataraxis AI+1

Departing to

U.S. Bank−2
Amazon Web Services (AWS)−1
Meta−1
NeoSigma−1

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