Cursor, the artificial intelligence coding company, is developing a personal assistant capable of sending emails and texts and organising spreadsheets.
The tool would move Cursor beyond its established base of software developers and into the consumer market for the first time.
It is designed to compete directly with Claude, the AI assistant built by Anthropic, and its recently launched Cowork product.
Cursor's chief executive has said customers repeatedly requested such a product, according to a report by The Information.
The assistant is being tested internally, though the company has not said when or whether it will reach the public.
The project is taking shape while Cursor is being acquired by xAI, the company founded by Elon Musk.
That deal has yet to close, and it is unclear whether xAI is directly involved in building the new agent.
The two firms have already collaborated on other work, including the Grok model.
xAI had previously pursued a similar personalised assistant, alongside a project called Macrohard aimed at automating white-collar work.
Macrohard stalled before being picked up by Tesla, which is now developing it under a $2 billion partnership with xAI.
Cursor's push reflects a broader race among technology companies to build AI systems that act on a user's behalf.
OpenAI recently announced a comparable product, adding to a crowded field of would-be digital assistants.
Personal agents promise to carry out everyday tasks automatically, from managing inboxes to booking appointments and handling routine paperwork.
The commercial stakes are high, since a successful consumer assistant could reach a far larger audience than professional coding tools.
Anthropic's Cowork lets users hand off multi-step tasks to its Claude system, a template Cursor now appears to be following.
Cursor rose to prominence by helping programmers write and edit code faster, winning a loyal following.
Shifting into personal productivity would place it in direct competition with the largest AI laboratories.
For Cursor, the effort raises questions about how far it intends to expand beyond its origins in software development.
It also remains unclear whether the new product signals a wider rebranding or flows directly from the pending merger with xAI.
The company has built a strong reputation among developers, giving it a base of technically demanding users to draw on.
If the acquisition completes, Cursor's consumer ambitions could become part of Musk's expanding portfolio of AI ventures.
Musk has increasingly sought to weave his companies together.
A consumer agent would give that portfolio yet another route into everyday digital life.
Reporters covering the company have flagged the difficulty of breaking into a market already contested by deep-pocketed rivals.
Whether that expertise translates into a mass-market tool is far from certain.
