Michael Truell

Cursor is entering a third era of AI software development where autonomous cloud agents perform the majority of development work independently over extended timescales, with over one-third of the company's own pull requests now created by agents.

“Author of "The Third Era of AI Software Development" in Cursor”

Cursor, an AI-powered coding platform from three-year-old startup Anysphere, has become one of the fastest-growing AI products globally by integrating generative AI models into standard development environments.

“CEO of Anysphere discussing Cursor, AI coding adoption, and job displacement concerns”

Cursor acquires AI code review startup Graphite to combine AI-powered code generation with specialized code review and debugging capabilities.

“Led Cursor's acquisition of Graphite to combine AI-powered code writing with code review tools.”

Cursor, an AI coding tool startup, raised $2.3 billion at a $29.3 billion post-money valuation—nearly triple its June valuation—with backing from major investors including Nvidia and Google, and has already achieved $1 billion in annualized revenue.

“CEO of AI coding startup Cursor, which raised $2.3 billion at a $29.3 billion valuation and stated the company is not looking to IPO soon.”