What originally inspired the idea behind Cursor?
Replied byMichael Truell
Co-Founder & CEO at Anysphere (Cursor)
Niche: AI, SaaS, Technology
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2022
It started with GitHub Copilot. It was the first AI tool we found actually useful and not just useful, but the best dev tool we'd used in a decade. That showed us how big the opportunity was for AI in coding.
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