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AI code editors

Customers already pay 12 companies here.

Checked Jul 2026

Players
12
Typical revenue
$20M
Typically founded
2023
Trends Score
84

Trends Score rates how good a market is for someone starting now, out of 100.

One AI code editor makes $531M a year. See which one.

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Who's in it

Showing 3 of 12

CompanyRevenueFounded
Cursor$3.0B2022
GitHub Copilot$874M2021
JetBrains$648M2000

An AI code editor started in 2023 now makes $492M a year.

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What they earn, and when they started

Under $10K0
$10K to $100K0
$100K to $1M1
$1M to $10M4
$10M and up6
2010 or earlier1
20161
20212
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Questions

How many AI code editors are there?
Customers already pay 12. They include Cursor, GitHub Copilot, JetBrains.
How much do AI code editors make?
Typical revenue is $20M a year. Across the 12, revenue runs from $864K to $3.0B.
When were AI code editors founded?
Typically in 2023. The newest started in 2025.