What is Origin?

Origin by Cursor is a new Git platform designed to support the next stage of AI-assisted software development. Cursor’s Origin page describes it as “a git forge for the agentic era,” built because code is moving faster than existing development infrastructure was designed to handle. The product was announced at Cursor’s Compile 2026 keynote as one of the company’s upcoming releases. Cursor identified Origin specifically as “a new Git platform,” alongside Cursor Mobile and a new model trained from scratch. Origin is currently presented as a waitlist product, with teams able to submit a work email for future access. The product connects naturally to Cursor’s broader focus on AI coding agents, cloud agents, code review, CLI workflows, Composer, teams, enterprise capabilities, and developer productivity. Cursor has also described its wider product evolution as a shift from manual file editing toward agents that write more of the code and eventually work in fleets to ship improvements. In that environment, a Git platform can become more important because teams need infrastructure that can track, review, merge, and govern faster streams of human and AI-generated changes. Origin by Cursor is therefore best understood as source-control infrastructure built around the workflows Cursor expects AI-native engineering teams to use. The platform is still early based on Cursor’s public waitlist page, so detailed product features beyond its Git-platform positioning are not fully published yet. By combining Git hosting, Cursor’s agentic development direction, and native alignment with Cursor’s coding ecosystem, Origin by Cursor is positioned for engineering teams preparing for higher-volume AI code creation and review.

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Cursor
Date Founded:
2022
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
cursor.com/origin

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Origin Categories and Features

Version Control System

Branch Creation / Deletion
Centralized Version History
Code Review
Code Version Management
Collaboration Tools
Compare / Merge Branches
Digital Asset / Binary File Storage
Isolated Code Branches
Option to Revert to Previous
Pull Requests
Roles / Permissions

Source Code Management Software

Access Controls/Permissions
Bug Tracking
Build Automation
Change Management
Code Review
Collaboration
Continuous Integration
Repository Management
Version Control