I’m excited to announce that Supermaven is joining Cursor!

Supermaven is a fast, context-aware copilot. Its creator, Jacob Jackson, kickstarted the modern wave of AI coding tools by inventing Tabnine in 2019 and through pioneering work at OpenAI.

Why join forces? We have a lot to do, and it seems like we can build a more useful product, faster, together. Each of us believes that AI makes possible a much better way to build software. And that purpose-built models, a tailored editing experience, and lots of clever ideas are necessary to get there.

What should we expect going forward? Lots of product improvements! For instance, we hope the not-too-distant future will bring a new version of our Tab model that’s fast, context-aware, and highly intelligent, especially at sequences of long changes (“tab, tab, tab”).

Will the plugin remain up? Yes! We’re happy to report that the Supermaven plugin will remain maintained, though Cursor will be the core focus. This is roughly the same as Supermaven’s previous plan: the team had shifted focus to an editor, because extension APIs were blocking the next useful things that they wanted to build.

Welcome Jacob and the Supermaven team! Together, we hope to build the best tool for professional programmers and invent a faster, more delightful way to build software. Onwards!