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Anysphere (Cursor)

San Francisco, USA · founded 2022

Cursor — the AI-native code editor that overtook VS Code among AI builders.

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Momentum
95
Total raised
$175M
Last round
$100M

What they do

VS Code fork rebuilt around AI. Composer + Agent mode are the de-facto standard for AI-assisted dev.

Why it matters

Captured the editor market in 18 months. Every JD that mentions 'AI dev tools' lists Cursor first.

Investors

Andreessen HorowitzThriveBenchmark

Signals

  • ARR
    $200M+
  • Paid users YoY
    +500%