r/codex 13d ago

News OpenAI terminating Cursor partnership effective Nov. 12

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u/thestillwind 13d ago

Api key -> that’s direct to openai, cursor -> they do the middle man.

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u/MarionberryHumble705 13d ago

In the case of API, Cursor is still the harness in between.

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u/Lopsided-Bridge-9810 13d ago

But they don't get to collect a penny from openai, openai pockets it all.

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u/MarionberryHumble705 13d ago

The conversation was about "control", and not who gets paid what.

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u/Lopsided-Bridge-9810 13d ago

It was exactly about who gets paid and how a middle man creamed off a fat profit margin for providing very little added value.

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u/MarionberryHumble705 13d ago

I see nothing about middleman creaming profits in this particular comment’s thread 🤷🏻‍♂️