Line·2026-08-21·.md

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Staff Engineer

Which Staff Engineer seat is healthier — OpenAI, Cursor, or Figure?

OpenAI is the healthier seat.

Health is cash share, work-email ticks, and a book that is not cooling.

The desk · cash share, work-email ticks, book, heat

1. 1OpenAI$1.16M

   cash 31% · 6/12 ticks · hot · $13B ARR · +80% · still the default AI seat

2. 2Figure$620k

   cash 42% · 4/6 ticks · hot · Humanoid · BMW line · 2026 raise · hottest metal seat

3. 3Cursor$1.02M

   cash 29% · 3/6 ticks · hot · Cursor · $500M+ ARR · still the default AI IDE