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Cursor Creator Anysphere Hits $9 Billion Valuation with $900 Million Raise

Anysphere’s cultural ascent was sealed when Andrej Karpathy, introduced the phrase “vibe coding” to describe the new experience of writing code with AI
San Francisco-based Anysphere, the creator of the AI-powered code editor Cursor, has raised $900 million in a funding round led by Thrive Capital, with Andreessen Horowitz and Accel also participating. That’s according to a report by the Financial Times. This latest investment has significantly increased Anysphere's valuation to around $9 billion, up from its $2.5 billion valuation in January 2025. The company has already secured $105 million previously with some of the above-mentioned investors. Founded in 2022 by four MIT graduates, the company quickly became popular among developers. Their main product, Cursor, is an AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE). This tool helps programmers by using natural language commands to generate code, offering autocompletion featur
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Upasana Banerjee
Upasana is a Content Strategist with AIM Research. Prior to her role at AIM, she worked as a journalist and social media editor, and holds a strong interest for global politics and international relations. Reach out to her at: upasana.banerjee@analyticsindiamag.com
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