The company behind Cursor, the viral AI coding editor, launched a web app on Monday that allows users to manage a network of coding agents directly from their browser.<\/p>\n
The launch marks Cursor\u2019s next big step beyond its integrated development environment (IDE), the core product developers use to access its tools. While Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, initially offered only this AI-powered IDE, the company has made a concerted effort to put its products in more places, and develop more agent-powered experiences for users.<\/p>\n
In May, Cursor launched background agents \u2014 AI systems that solve coding tasks autonomously without user supervision. In June, the company launched a Slack integration that allows users to assign tasks to these background agents by tagging @Cursor, similar to how Cognitions\u2019s AI coding agent, Devin<\/a>, operates.<\/p>\n Now, with the web app, Cursor users can send natural language requests via browser \u2014 on desktop or mobile\u2014 to assign background agents tasks such as writing features or fixing bugs in their codebase. The web app also lets users monitor agents working on other tasks, view their progress, and merge completed changes into the codebase.<\/p>\n Andrew Milich, Cursor\u2019s head of product engineering, tells TechCrunch that the Slack integration and web app are part of an effort to \u201cremove the friction\u201d for users who rely on Cursor \u2014 and it seems many do.<\/p>\n Anysphere announced last month that Cursor has crossed $500 million in annualized recurring revenue<\/a>, largely driven by monthly subscriptions. The company also said Cursor is now used by more than half of the Fortune 500, including companies such as NVIDIA, Uber, and Adobe. <\/p>\n To capitalize on this growth, Anysphere recently launched a $200-per-month Pro tier for Cursor<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou noted how customers want Cursor in more places. I think they also want Cursor to solve more of the problems they\u2019re having,\u201d said Milich.<\/p>\n Cursor\u2019s background agents are designed to let users start tasks through Slack or the web app, allowing an agent to take a first pass. If the agent can\u2019t complete the task, users can seamlessly transition into the IDE to pick up where the agent left off. Each agent also has a unique shareable link \u2014 making it easy to view progress and code changes on agents that other teammates created.<\/p>\n Anysphere says all customers with access to background agents can use the Cursor web app \u2014 that includes subscribers to Cursor\u2019s $20-per-month Pro plan, as well as more expensive plans, but not users on Cursor\u2019s free tier.<\/p>\n Cursor is not the first to ship AI coding agents, but the company says it has been careful to take its time and not ship \u201cdemo-ware\u201d \u2014 AI products that look good in theory but fail in practice. That has been the story for a lot of early AI coding agents,<\/a> which made numerous mistakes in testing.<\/p>\n