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ML Engineer

Which ML Engineer seat is healthier — Cursor, OpenAI, or Anthropic?

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$653k

   cash 41% · 9/16 ticks · hot · $13B ARR · +80% · still the default AI seat

2. 2Anthropic$591k

   cash 42% · 6/12 ticks · hot · Claude · $5B ARR · +120% · Series F

3. 3Cursor$720k

   cash 35% · 4/8 ticks · hot · Cursor · $500M+ ARR · still the default AI IDE