Cursor's Origin: The End of GitHub?

On August 17, 2026, GitHub suffered an outage of more than six hours, and on that very same day, Cursor launched Origin, its own home for code. So is this the end of GitHub? In this video we tell two origin stories: how four MIT students rebuilt Microsoft's own editor around AI and turned it into one of the fastest-growing developer tools ever, and why Cursor is now building a code host made for AI agents. In this video: • Writing code vs storing code: the editor (workshop) and the code host (library) • How GitHub became the home of open source, and why Microsoft paid $7.5 billion for it • Cursor's origin: four MIT students, a fork of VS Code, and a bet that AI belongs at the heart of the editor • Tab, codebase chat and agents: why developers switched • From startup to a $60 billion SpaceX deal • The new bottleneck: code review, and the Graphite acquisition • Origin: repositories, pull requests, cloud agents and two-way GitHub sync • The verdict: is this really the end of GitHub? ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 The day GitHub stumbled 00:27 Two jobs: writing code vs storing code 01:00 GitHub's empire (and Copilot) 01:33 Cursor's origin: four MIT students 02:03 Why developers switched 02:29 From startup to $60 billion 02:59 The new bottleneck: code review 03:27 Origin: Cursor's home for code 04:04 The verdict: the end of GitHub? 📚 SOURCES • TechCrunch (18 Aug 2026): Cursor capitalizes on GitHub frustration, launches rival hosting platform. • SiliconANGLE (17 Aug 2026): Cursor launches Origin code hosting service to compete with GitHub. • DigitalOcean: Cursor Origin vs. GitHub, the 2026 code-hosting face-off. • TechCrunch / CNBC (16 Jun 2026): SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock. • Forbes (8 Jun 2026): Cursor hits $4 billion annualized revenue. • TechCrunch (19 Dec 2025): Cursor acquires code review startup Graphite. • TechCrunch (11 Oct 2023): Anysphere raises $8M from OpenAI to build an AI-powered IDE. • GitHub Octoverse 2025: 180M+ developers on GitHub. • GeekWire (Aug 2026): GitHub outage disrupts developers worldwide. Note: facts are as of September 2026. Origin is in early beta for paid Cursor plans; features and numbers may change quickly. Revenue figures are reported annualized run rates. Not affiliated with Cursor, GitHub, Microsoft or SpaceX. All logos are trademarks of their respective owners and are shown only to identify the companies discussed. #Cursor #GitHub #AICoding