Jer Crane said Cursor running Claude Opus attempted to fix a minor issue before the company’s car rental software business was effectively erased, affecting a product some customers had used for five years.
PocketOS founder Jer Crane said an AI coding assistant, Cursor running Claude Opus, tried to address a minor issue and the company was gone in nine seconds. According to Crane, PocketOS had built software-as-a-service for car rental businesses, and some customers had used the product for five years. The account highlights operational risks tied to AI-assisted software development, where automated code changes can affect critical systems if safeguards such as backups, testing, and permission controls are insufficient.