Monologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor?
In this monologue, Ed Zitron examines the sudden and confusing price changes implemented by AI coding environment Cursor, including the introduction of expensive new tiers and rate limits, potentially degrading their service. He argues this is a form of 'chain enshittification' driven by upstream AI model providers like Anthropic and OpenAI drastically increasing their own costs and implementing new pricing structures like prompt caching taxes and priority tiers. Zitron revisits his 'Subprime AI Crisis' thesis, suggesting these changes across the industry indicate unsustainable business models and impending trouble for AI startups.
Jul 10, 2025•11 min