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Scale & M&a: the hypergrowth mandate

Use two rows in "Scale & M&a: the hypergrowth mandate" to state the practical decision rules.

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This hire exists because the company is outgrowing manual IT faster than headcount can be added. Automation is the only way a small IT function keeps up with a hypergrowth company.

Cursor is a fast-growing, well-funded company on a historically tiny team. The math is unforgiving: if onboarding takes an hour of manual clicks and you're hiring at speed, IT becomes a bottleneck on the whole company. The role's explicit responsibilities are to scale core IT systems as the company grows and to lead IT M&A integration.