# Cursor, Vibe Coding, and the [[post-labor-economy|Commoditization of Intelligence]] Cursor and vibe coding in general are where you really see the commoditization of LLMs in action. I was a big Claude 3.7 Sonnet user for vibe coding—right up until Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental launched. It blows Claude away. Faster, better context handling, smarter overall. But the switch wasn't emotional. That's the point. It was easy to move on because the model didn't matter. Not really. There's nothing sticky about one brand of LLM or another, especially when you're using them as pure intelligence behind a rich user experience like Cursor. That's why I think Cursor is going to get acquired. And it's probably going to be Google. It already works best with Google's models. That's a head start. But more importantly, Cursor solves a big strategic gap for Google—developer mindshare. Microsoft has GitHub Copilot. OpenAI is embedded in VS Code. Cursor gives Google a legitimate play in the developer experience layer, with something people actually love using. They could easily tie it into Gemini, Colab, Firebase, or even Workspace. And suddenly you've got a productivity ecosystem built around Google-native LLMs. But here's the risk. If Google does acquire Cursor and locks it into Gemini—or worse, sends it to the Google product graveyard—that would be a terrible outcome. Cursor is one of the most promising startups in the AI tools space precisely because it's model-agnostic. Because it's good at _using_ intelligence, not owning it. As Satya Nadella said, the models are [[post-labor-economy|commodities]]. The differentiated value in AI is in the application and user experience layers. Cursor is a great example of that. If Google's smart, they'll leave that part alone. --- *This thought was planted on 13 Apr 2025 and last watered on 13 Apr 2025.*