Sources: Anysphere, developer of GitHub Copilot rival Cursor, raised a $100M Series B at a $2.6B valuation, up from a $400M valuation in August 2024
Marina Temkin / TechCrunch : X: @_anthonyriera , @suhail , @mattvagni , @techau , and @charlesrollet1 X: Anthony Riera / @_anthonyriera : Every tech company should pay Cursor to their engineers. 5x productivity for almost nothing per month! @suhail : Cursor + AI assisted programming has made me realize that the interesting side-project signal for hiring is more or less a broken signal moving forward. You'd need the bar of quality for the application made to be much higher for it to be a useful signal again. Matt Vagni / @mattvagni : Within like... 1 day (?) @cursor_ai has just become my default editor. Even if you are currently already ‘happy’ with co-pilot or whatever, definitely give this a try. Switching cost friction is also near-zero since all vscode settings etc. are imported as is. @techau : Maybe this is why Copilot got GitHub went freemium Charles Rollet / @charlesrollet1 : Great funding scoop by @MTemkin on one of the hottest AI startups right now