# How Stripe uses Cursor

As published on [cursor.com](https://cursor.com/blog/stripe). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-18.

- Company: [Stripe](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/stripe.md)
- Tool: [Cursor](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/cursor.md)
- Industry: [Fintech & Payments](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/fintech-payments.md)
- Teams: engineering

## What the story says

Preinstalls Cursor and codebase rules so engineers can use coding agents from their first day.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Cursor and Stripe, not ours.

> Stripe pre-installs Cursor on every developer's machine to help engineers become productive with coding agents on day one.

> People are really excited about the tools they're getting.
>
> Scott MacVicar, Head of Developer Infrastructure

Source: [cursor.com](https://cursor.com/blog/stripe), captured 2026-10-18.

> Cursor quickly grew from hundreds to thousands of extremely enthusiastic Stripe employees. We spend more on R&D and software creation than any other undertaking, and there's significant economic outcomes when making that process more efficient.
>
> Patrick Collison, Co‑Founder & CEO

Source: [cursor.com](https://cursor.com/), captured 2026-10-02.

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-18.

- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Stripe.
- Checked: Stripe uses Cursor. Observed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-18.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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Source: https://www.usedby.ai/case-studies/stripe-cursor-3239ca · How we check: https://www.usedby.ai/methodology