Episode

The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can’t stop using | Michael Truell

Michael Truell, CEO and co-founder of Cursor (the AI code editor), discusses his vision for the future of programming moving beyond traditional code to higher-level intent specification, resembling pseudocode that humans can directly edit. The conversation covers Cursor's rapid growth from $0 to 300M ARR in two years, their unexpected development of custom AI models for specific use cases like autocomplete and code search, and the counterintuitive lessons learned about hiring, model development, and building in the competitive AI space.