Our decision on Cursor following its acquisition by SpaceX
TL;DR Highlight
After SpaceX acquired Cursor, OpenAI models are reportedly being pulled from Cursor
Who Should Read
A developer or dev lead who switches between OpenAI and Anthropic models inside Cursor
Core Mechanics
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Community Reactions
- Seen as a ToS-style cutoff, per commenters
- Comments read it as OpenAI pulling its models from Cursor
- Some compared it to Anthropic's earlier ban of xAI
- Founder reaction relayed in comments
- One comment said Cursor's founder was sad about the ban
- It said OpenAI models were about 5% of total usage
- Multi-model user says it hurts
- One user plans with OpenAI models and implements with Composer
- They said this beats two separate subscriptions and they must reconsider
- Reactions split between leaving and staying
- Some plan to move to Claude Code or Codex
- Others say Grok and Composer are enough
How to Apply
- Audit your Cursor model dependency
- List the models your team uses in Cursor and their usage share today
- Mark workflows that rely heavily on OpenAI models
- Check the direct API key route
- One comment said API keys still work
- Verify in Cursor settings whether your team account supports it
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