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Who Founded Cursor

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  • Michael Truell

    Michael Truell

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    Founder of Cursor
    “Cursor’s 25-year-old CEO, Michael Truell, helped take the AI coding company from a college passion project to a potential $60 billion acquisition by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.Recommended Video On Tuesday, SpaceX announced in a post on X that Cursor gave SpaceX the…”
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    “…(an enterprise customer) and Google (an AI model supplier), also joined the round. Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital led the company’s prior two rounds and participated in this round as well. Cursor’s co-founder and CEO Michael Truell told the Wall Street Journal that the capital from the round wi...”
    “From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Anysphere) American software company Anysphere, Inc.Trade nameCursorCompany typePrivateIndustryArtificial intelligence · developer toolsFounded2022[1]FoundersMichael Truell · Sualeh Asif · Aman Sanger · Arvid Lunnemark[1]HeadquartersSan Franc...”
    “…behind the AI tool Cursor says he used to hire too slowly — and focus too much on brand-name schools Lee Chong Ming May 6, 2025 2 min read "Many people you hear hired too fast. I think we actually hired too slow," said Michael Truell, CEO and cofounder of Anysphere.Lenny's Podcast/YouTube Anysph...”