Cursor Hits $2B ARR and Ships Agentic Automations — What's Actually New

Cursor just announced it has crossed $2 billion in annual recurring revenue — a milestone that took Figma 8 years and Cursor less than 3. But the bigger news isn't the number: it's what shipped alongside it. Cursor's new Automations system and self-hosted cloud agents fundamentally change what you can do with the tool. Here's a breakdown of what's actually new, how it compares to Claude Code and GitHub Copilot, and what it means for your workflow.