AI coding agent developer Cursor has announced it will open its London headquarters this summer, as the firm expands its EMEA presence and begins mass hiring in the region.

Cursor said the London site would support approximately 200 employees by the end of the year, including roles in customer success, engineering, go-to-market, and operations.

The firm also committed to investing in EMEA-specific compliance controls, citing demand from customers in highly regulated industries.

Cursor said its AI-first integrated development environment (IDE) is now used by more than 50,000 businesses, including 67 per cent of the Fortune 500.

Ismail Elmas, SVP of EMEA at Cursor, said: “We’re incredibly excited to officially launch Cursor across EMEA and deepen our commitment to customers and partners throughout Europe. As the leading AI coding company, our goal is simple: be closer to the teams building the future and help enterprises accelerate their most strategic AI and software development initiatives.”

“This launch covers all major European markets and reflects the growing demand we’re seeing from organizations ready to put AI at the centre of how they build.”

Several high-profile AI firms have announced plans to open London HQs in recent months. In April, OpenAI signed the lease for an 88,500 sq. ft office in King’s Cross, and Anthropic has announced plans to expand its office in the same area.

In April, SpaceX secured the option to purchase Cursor for $60 billion. If successful, the deal would see the aerospace firm’s AI development unit xAI gain Cursor’s share of the AI coding market, which it has thus far pursued through tools such as Grok Build.

Cursor would also be able to train its proprietary models on xAI’s Colossus training cluster, which houses over 230,000 NVIDIA GPUs, while working with SpaceX on improving its AI offerings. SpaceX said if it does not complete the acquisition, it has agreed to pay Cursor a $10 billion payment “for our work together”.

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