Cursor
How Cursor scaled with just 12 employees by turning documentation into a self-serve engine that lets developers find answers instantly while their lean team ships product at breakneck speed.
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2023Cursor is an AI-powered code editor that has scaled revenue and adoption faster than nearly any startup in history, going from zero to $500M ARR in two years.
Part of that trajectory is their radically lean approach: Cursor reached $100M ARR with just 12 employees. The team needed to optimize how developers could self-serve and reach value in their product, at scale.
Documentation became a critical lever. As growth exploded, they needed to provide an intuitive, developer-friendly interface for docs without adding engineering overhead.
Cursor chose to partner with Mintlify to keep their documentation clean, accessible, and interactive. In addition to improving usability for customers, Cursor also saved engineering time in writing docs, from auto-generated code snippets to a docs-as-code workflow that fit naturally into their team’s flow.
As a result, Cursor's documentation has kept pace with their rapid scaling, helping developers onboard, explore, and build confidently while the Cursor team can stay focused on shipping product.
