Key takeaways
- EPAM partners with Cursor to enhance AI-native software development for global enterprises.
- Combine Cursor's AI environment with EPAM's framework to boost productivity and code quality.
- Target enterprises struggling with AI tool adoption to ensure consistent usage and measurable returns.
- Embed AI workflows directly into developers' workspaces to standardize engineering practices.
- Leverage EPAM's 50,000 engineers and training programs to support AI integration across teams.
EPAM Systems has announced a partnership with Cursor to help global enterprises move from limited AI coding trials to large scale AI-native software development.
The companies said the collaboration will combine Cursor’s AI-native integrated development environment with EPAM’s AI/Run delivery framework to improve productivity, code quality, and developer experience across enterprise engineering teams.
The partnership targets enterprises that have adopted AI coding tools but struggle to see consistent daily usage or measurable returns.
By embedding AI workflows, rules, and agent-style behaviour directly into developers’ primary workspace, the two firms aim to reduce time-to-value and standardise AI-driven engineering practices across complex enterprise environments.
EPAM said the initiative will be supported by its global base of more than 50,000 engineers, along with maturity models, curated engineering context, training programs, and productivity measurement systems.
The company plans to deploy Cursor across large teams while integrating it with existing enterprise systems and processes.
“While most large enterprises have made some investment in AI coding tools, many teams struggle with full adoption and daily use,” Dmitry Tovpeko, VP, AI-Native Engineering at EPAM said. “In response, Cursor's AI-Native integrated development environment promotes disciplined use by incorporating rules, workflows and agentic behavior directly in the developer’s primary workspace.”
Cursor said the partnership reflects a shared belief that enterprise gains from AI require changes in how engineering teams work, not only new tools. “We share EPAM’s perspective: the teams that achieve exceptional results are those that rethink how they work, not just the tools they use,” Michael Scherr, head of business development at Cursor, said.
The companies said the collaboration will focus on faster enterprise adoption of AI-first software development life cycles, improved efficiency, and clearer return on investment as organisations race to modernise engineering practices.
