Cursor
8/10Early-stage startup
Description
Developer-focused AI coding environment — an AI-powered IDE that integrates large language models to help developers edit, navigate and run code.
Why in News
Cited by Elad Gil as an example of a startup that has emerged as a leading player in the AI coding/IDE market when discussing which AI niches already have clear winners.
Published
January 20, 2026
Website
https://cursor.soAnalysis
Directly about AI markets and where startups have succeeded or not — clearly AI-focused, though it's a market analysis rather than a single startup profile.