AI startup Cursor in talks for $50 billion valuation

Cursor, a leading artificial intelligence startup for coding, is in talks with investors for a funding round that would value the startup at about $50 billion, nearly double the valuation it secured last fall, according to people familiar with the efforts.

Cursor’s AI assistant, launched in 2023, helps programmers write and debug code more efficiently. It’s become one of the fastest-growing startups of all time and a central player in tech’s “vibe coding” era, as demand surges among software developers for artificial intelligence coding tools.

The discussions are preliminary and may not result in a funding deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private.