NEWTOWN, PA — EPAM Systems Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) is betting that most corporate experiments with artificial intelligence in software development are no longer enough, announcing a strategic partnership with Cursor aimed at turning AI coding from scattered pilots into full-scale, enterprise-grade production.
The deal pairs Cursor’s AI-native integrated development environment with EPAM’s AI/Run delivery model and its global base of more than 50,000 engineers, giving large organizations a way to embed generative AI directly into how their development teams work every day.
While many companies have already rolled out AI coding assistants, EPAM says adoption inside real engineering teams has lagged, leaving much of the promised productivity still unrealized.
“While most large enterprises have made some investment in AI coding tools, many teams struggle with full adoption and daily use,” said Dmitry Tovpeko, vice president of AI-Native Engineering at EPAM. He said Cursor’s approach, which embeds rules, workflows, and autonomous agents directly into the developer’s main workspace, helps enforce consistent, disciplined use.
Under the partnership, EPAM will deploy Cursor at scale across client organizations, integrate it into complex enterprise technology stacks, and support adoption with training, change management, and productivity measurement. The goal is to help companies move from traditional development models to what EPAM calls “AI-native” software delivery, where generative AI is built into the entire software development lifecycle.
Cursor brings rapid access to the latest AI models and development features, giving engineering teams a way to stay on the front edge of tools that are evolving almost monthly. EPAM, in turn, provides the enterprise scaffolding — governance, standards, context, and operational discipline — needed to make those tools work inside large, regulated, and mission-critical environments.
“We share EPAM’s perspective: the teams that achieve exceptional results are those that rethink how they work, not just the tools they use,” said Michael Scherr, head of business development at Cursor. He said the combination of EPAM’s delivery scale and Cursor’s AI-native platform gives clients a practical way to capture the technology’s “transformative potential.”
For EPAM, the move reinforces its broader strategy of positioning itself as a systems integrator for the AI era, not just a traditional outsourcing firm. For enterprises struggling to translate AI hype into real productivity, the partnership offers a path to turn generative coding into something that actually shows up on the bottom line.
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