In the current market, AI-driven coding assistant startups are emerging one after another, with Augment, Codeium, Magic, and Poolside among them. However, Cursor has become the most popular product. Its developing company, Anysphere, had an annual revenue of $4 million in April this year, which skyrocketed to $4 million per month by last month, growing at a rate far exceeding other coding assistant providers. Such rapid growth has attracted the attention of numerous venture capitalists.

Recently, the AI programming tool Cursor has been gaining traction, quickly becoming the focus of the programming and artificial intelligence fields. Cursor is a code editor based on VS Code that brings many powerful features to AI-assisted programming, exciting developers. Recently, renowned podcast host Lex Fridman had an in-depth conversation with four founding members of the Cursor team, discussing their innovative journey and future plans. The story of Cursor dates back to 20

Recently, OpenAI released the next generation of the o1 model, now available on Cursor. These o1 models excel at handling complex and intricate reasoning tasks, exciting many developers. Notably, the o1-mini model is designed specifically for advanced programming, becoming a favorite among developers. Initially, Cursor will adopt a usage-based pricing model, and as usage increases, it plans to gradually adjust the pricing structure and optimize model usage limits.

AI programming sector experiences significant funding surge as Codeium, a new unicorn, secures $150 million at a valuation exceeding $1.25 billion. Led by General Catalyst with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks, this round highlights market optimism for AI programming technology. Codeium's platform leverages its proprietary code models to simplify software development and enhance developer productivity. The funds will accelerate pr....

AI code generation startup Cursor successfully raised $60 million in Series A funding, with investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, and OpenAI. Cursor aims to simplify software development through advanced AI technology, with a platform that automatically searches for and generates programming code, significantly improving development efficiency. This funding round attracted several industry heavyweights, including Google's Jeff Dean and Meta.

In a dramatic turn of events within the tech world, the Cursor platform, funded by OpenAI, unexpectedly announced a change of its default model to Claude, a move that has sparked intense debate. Programmers have responded passionately, even willing to pay double the price to use Cursor, making it far more popular than GitHub Copilot. Cursor's appeal lies not only in its powerful 'traitor' Claude-3.5-Sonnet model but also in its innovative features, such as 'light...