Cursor for Data Science — secure, AI-native IDE for data scientists

Lotas is building Erdos: a secure, AI-native IDE for data science. Cursor is excellent for software development but it lacks data science-specific tools that are critical to a data scientist’s workflow. Lotas is closing that gap. For our first product, we built Rao: an AI coding assistant into RStudio — an IDE used by up to 5 million data scientists and statisticians who use the R programming language to analyze data. Rao could read, write, and edit code while understanding the user's context (codebase and environmental variables).

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Total Open and Closed Positions

Total open positions, and positions newly closed since the previous update

Department Headcount Over Time

Open positions per department · top 6 at any point in the window

Newly Opened and Closed Positions

Position Churn Rate

Positions closed within 14 days of opening · a high rate suggests posting instability — duplicates, pulled listings, or roles filled through internal or off-market channels

Time-to-Fill Distribution

Days from open to close · closed positions only

Salary Trend Over Time

Monthly median base salary · USD · annualized · p25/p75 dashed

Salary Range by Department

Employment Type

Technical vs. Non-technical

Open positions · by department

Top Roles by Department

Seniority Mix

Derived from job title keywords

Equity Range by Department

Top Skills

Top Tech Stacks

Skills Trend

Change in share of postings · recent 3 months vs. prior 3 months

Tech Stack Evolution

Positions opened per month · top 5 technologies