--- title: OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales... description: OpenAI has hired Ismail Elmas, former Europe chief of Cursor, as its vice president of sales for EMEA, based in Munich, where he'll oversee all regional sales... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has hired Ismail Elmas, former Europe chief of Cursor, as its vice president of sales for EMEA, based in Munich, where he'll oversee all regional sales... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uFWMxXbZi.png og:image:alt: OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has hired Ismail Elmas, former Europe chief of Cursor, as its vice president of sales for EMEA, based in Munich, where he'll oversee all regional sales staff. He's the second sales executive OpenAI has poached from SpaceX (which owns Cursor after its $60bn acquisition) in the past month, following Brian McCarthy's earlier move. The hires come amid OpenAI's push to expand its European business presence ahead of a possible stock market listing, and follow OpenAI's decision to cut off Cursor's access to its models starting November 12. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### When does OpenAI stop providing its models to Cursor? OpenAI's access for Cursor ends on November 12. This follows SpaceX's $60bn acquisition of Cursor, which closed on August 14, after which OpenAI decided to stop supplying its models to the AI coding tool. _Developers relying on Cursor's model access can track this kind of platform shift on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SpaceXAI and Cursor's first joint AI model could ship today](https://daily.dev/posts/spacexai-and-cursor-s-first-joint-ai-model-could-ship-today-xsx6jz7yn) · The Next Web · 2 upvotes · 2 comments - [SpaceX to acquire Cursor for $60B in stock, days after blockbuster IPO](https://daily.dev/posts/spacex-to-acquire-cursor-for-60b-in-stock-days-after-blockbuster-ipo-sgn0r7daz) · TechCrunch · 32 upvotes · 6 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#spacex](https://daily.dev/tags/spacex) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi"},"datePublished":"2026-10-08T12:00:44.107Z","dateModified":"2026-10-08T12:22:04.020Z","description":"OpenAI has hired Ismail Elmas, former Europe chief of Cursor, as its vice president of sales for EMEA, based in Munich, where he'll oversee all regional sales...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f8ca003a5c7de188d7da54a10cfabbd?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f8ca003a5c7de188d7da54a10cfabbd?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"openai,spacex","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI hires Cursor’s Europe chief, its second sales hire from SpaceX"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-hires-cursor-s-europe-chief-its-second-sales-hire-from-spacex-ufwmxxbzi#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"When does OpenAI stop providing its models to Cursor?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"OpenAI's access for Cursor ends on November 12. 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