Real cases of people making money with Cursor
Cursor is a code editor with an AI agent built in. Most cases here are one person or a very small team who used it to ship a first version in hours or weeks: a browser game, an iOS app, a product research tool, a revenue leaderboard.
Building fast was only the start. The makers of the biggest earners already had an audience or a channel: a large following on X, or a community of sellers won in exchange for equity. The one without, a fill light app, caught a single viral moment.
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Built with agentsSelf-reported views likesEx-Cheetah product lead ships overseas AI tools with Claude Code
In 2025 his apps reached about ¥10 million in annual revenue; the flagship Raphael AI is free with no sign-up, has about 2 million monthly users and no paid ads
CN¥10M a yearClaude Code · Cursor -
Selling agent workSelf-reported views likesRuns a $7M ARR outbound agency with Claude Code in every team
ColdIQ is past $7M ARR with 400+ clients and 30+ staff, fully bootstrapped
$7M a yearClaude Code · Cursor · Instantly · Lemlist -
Built with agentsSelf-reported views likesNon-developer ex-Uber exec vibe-coded a $7M-a-year AI note-taker app
About $7M a year in gross revenue, with engineering and support done essentially by himself
$7M a yearClaude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · ChatGPT -
Built with agentsScreenshot views likesBuilt TrustMRR in Cursor in 6 hours, then grew it into a marketplace
$404,213 all-time Stripe revenue in about a year; current MRR $13,491 at about a 90% margin
$404,213 totalCursor · Stripe · DataFast -
Built with agentsSelf-reported views likesNon-coder built a selfie fill-light iPhone app in an hour with Cursor
The ¥1 Pro version hit No. 1 on the App Store paid chart within 4 hours and has earned about ¥300,000 to ¥400,000 so far
CN¥300,000 totalCursor · iOS -
Built with agentsSelf-reported views likesA browser flight game built with Cursor, paid for by in-game ads
Weeks after launch the maker claimed more than $50,000 a month, mostly from brands buying ad space inside the game; his own project list now rates it as one that made money but was not sustainable
$50,000 a monthCursor · three.js -
VideoBuilt with agentsVerified views likes23-year-old built a class-action app with Claude Code in 14 days
RevenueCat reported $30,017 in revenue and 1,750 paying subscribers about 10 weeks after launch; he later said it makes $20K a month, and it now appears to be for sale
$30,017 totalClaude Code · Cursor · RevenueCat -
Built with agentsSelf-reported views likes
Amazon seller built a product research SaaS in Cursor in 48 hours
$10K MRR at day 30 and about $21.8K at day 90; he says it makes over $20,000 a month
$20,000 a monthCursor · Next.js · Supabase · Vercel -
Selling agent workVerified views likesSells an Agent Skills library for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor
Launched at the end of August 2026; $11,214 of Stripe-verified revenue in the last 30 days, $4,551 MRR and 436 active subscriptions
$11,214 a monthClaude Code · Codex · Cursor · Stripe