An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code

Cristiana Gigina

The great vibe coding war of 2026 isn't the bloodbath it appears, says a venture capitalist whose firm backed Cursor. On an episode of the "20VC" podcast released on Monday, Miles Clements, a partner at VC firm Accel, said that the AI-assisted coding industry is big enough for Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor. After Anthropic released its latest model, Opus 4.6, last month, founders and developers said on X that they are ditching Cursor for Anthropic's Claude Code. "This market is growing