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Cursor hires ex-Palo Alto exec to lead Asia expansion
AI coding company Cursor has set up its regional headquarters in Singapore and prepared to expand sales and hiring in Asia Pacific and Japan.
The company also named former Palo Alto Networks executive Simon Green as regional president.
Green spent more than 10 years at Palo Alto Networks and will oversee go-to-market work across APJ with an initial focus on several markets including Japan and Singapore.
Cursor said Green will build the regional go-to-market function from Singapore.
Cursor also already hired a regional lead for Australia and New Zealand.
🔗 Source: Cursor AI
🧠 Food for thought
Implications, context, and why it matters.
Cursor is hiring a proven regional expansion leader
- Simon Green previously helped Palo Alto Networks grow its Japan and Asia Pacific business to a US$1 billion run rate, according to his speaker bio 1.
- That background fits Cursor’s plan to build sales and enter markets across the region from Singapore 1.
The global race for enterprise AI customers is heating up
- Green’s hire lines up with a wider shift in AI software, where growth now leans more on enterprise deals than individual developer use. He held senior regional roles at Palo Alto Networks 2.
- AI coding tools now face local data and security rules, which helps explain the choice of a leader from cybersecurity.
- Competition is rising, including pressure from Anthropic, an AI company that competes in large-language-model software. The push into Asia also opens revenue beyond North America 3.
- The next stretch of AI growth may depend on global sales execution and compliance as much as the product itself.
