Michael Truell: How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI In only a few years, Cursor's AI dev tools have made a name for themselves as fast-shipping and fast-growing. CEO Michael Truell sat down with a16z's Martin Casado to discuss how Michael got here and what it's like to operate…↗

ok life update: i'll be joining @Cognition! • Cog just went from 0 to $10b in 2 years • Net burn $20m in company history • Avg successful Devin impl sees >5x growth, $1.5m/yr customer expanded >10x in 8 months (not typo) • Windsurf x Cog cross sell going great, looking fwd to cr…↗

The results to the following question isn't surprising: "Which 1-3 things do you want most help with right now?" VCs can help in many ways but very few (almost none) focus on the value-add startups want most: user acquisition↗

1/ Was at a dinner recently with five VCs. All great folks, smart, thoughtful investors. We got to talking about Halo Top and what drove its growth.↗

1/ Getting my first 100 customers always felt like a puzzle. The next 1000 seemed unreachable. Besides, how can you get feedback to make the product better w/o users? After many years, we ended up w/ 6,000+ paying customers. It was a grind to get there.😩 Here's what I Iearned...↗