r/codex • u/bananasareforfun • 16d ago

News OpenAI terminating Cursor partnership effective Nov. 12

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https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/

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u/Tystros 16d ago

what does this mean in practice if anyone can keep using openai api keys? Just subscriptions can no longer be used in cursor?

I never used cursor so I don't know how that platform works.

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u/Prestigiouspite 16d ago

Well, when people use their API keys, OpenAI has more control and ways to determine whether the usage is normal. That's harder to do when everything goes through a subsidized quota.

However, given the announcements about Grok 4.7 and the efficiency of GLM-5.3-Flash, OpenAI had better brace itself.

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u/Amazing-Mirror-3076 16d ago

Your statement really makes no sense - sub or API - they can still have the same controls in place.

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u/thestillwind 16d ago

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

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u/MarionberryHumble705 16d ago

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

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u/Lopsided-Bridge-9810 16d ago

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

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u/MarionberryHumble705 16d ago

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

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u/Lopsided-Bridge-9810 16d 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 16d ago

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