The tool for the next generation of developers

Cursor helps me quickly map out different approaches, libraries I wouldn’t have considered, and generate clean boilerplate and function headers. I can now get significantly more done in less time—and actually focus on the parts I enjoy most, like performance tuning and interface design, instead of getting bogged down in front-end quirks.

Sofia Wawrzyniak

University of Pennsylvania

Cursor is an invaluable tool for quantitative research. Unlike other LLM-based coding workflows, Cursor complements my own skills rather than substituting for them, automating the tedious parts of research programming while keeping the “human in the loop” enough that I understand and can control the output. I can write more accurate and better-documented code more quickly with Cursor than any other tool.

Aakaash Rao

Harvard

Cursor has been instrumental to the development of alphaXiv since day one. It allowed us, students without prior web dev experience, to rapidly build and design new features for a site now used by hundreds of thousands of researchers.

Rehaan Ahmad

Stanford

Cursor has been especially effective at accelerating tasks like maintaining documentation and generating boilerplate tests, freeing up my time and mental energy for deeper design work and cross-domain problem solving. It fits seamlessly into my workflow and reduces context switching, which makes a real difference day to day.

Mira Yu

Harvard

In my research focused on data analysis and education equity, Cursor has been a huge productivity boost. It helps me clean datasets, debug pipelines, and write complex queries without breaking flow. I've used it to streamline everything from exploratory analysis to automating data transformations, saving hours each week and letting me focus on extracting real insights.

Pranav Bhuvanagiri

University of Texas

As a technical student founder at Berkeley who has always been constrained by how fast I can type, Cursor has changed my life. It helps me turn startup ideas into reality in days, drawing up high-level architecture, styling the frontend, fully integrating with my custom backends, and fixing bugs every step of the way. Cursor is central to how I ship in days, not weeks.

Sam Clement

Berkeley

As a founder, Cursor has allowed me to bring my ideas to life at a crazy pace; what used to take a week now takes just a few hours. It helps me learn much faster and honestly makes me feel like I can build anything. I’ve seen friends with no technical background learn how to code with Cursor, and now they’re building full-stack apps.

Georgina Alcaraz

Boston University

As CTO of my startup at CMU, Cursor helped me transition from web to mobile development without the typical learning curve. I generated over 50,000 lines of usable code in just one month, cutting our development time by about 70%. It's become an essential part of our sprint process.

Yifan Wang

CMU

Coming from a background in math and physics at Stanford, I've found Cursor to be genuinely transformative. It helps me turn my research ideas into working applications and brings startup concepts to life faster than I ever thought possible.

Alexis Bonnafont

Stanford

At CMU, I often tackle open-ended projects where figuring out how to start is half the battle. Cursor has been a game-changer — not just for writing code, but for its ability to independently research libraries, best practices, and implementation strategies. It feels like having a research assistant who’s always on call.

Ruiyang Dai

CMU

A world without Cursor is not one I'd want to live in. It has become a critical tool in building my startup, letting us rapidly iterate on product without having to scale up headcount. Easily a 5-10x productivity multiplier for focused teams.

Ishan Shah

University of Texas

I use Cursor every day as a student at Stanford, and it's become indispensable across everything I do: research, homework, lectures, and even when I'm teaching. Whether I'm experimenting with new ideas, writing up solutions, or helping students in office hours debug code, Cursor makes it all faster and smoother. Honestly, I can't imagine my workflow without it at this point.

Yanis Miraoui

Stanford

Balancing ECE classes at Carnegie Mellon and personal projects, Cursor simplifies my development cycle by quickly spotting errors and providing reliable code suggestions. It genuinely enhances my productivity.

Omar Ghabayen

CMU