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Benchmark, Index, others are in a wild unsolicited bidding war over Anysphere, maker of Cursor
There isn't a shortage of AI-powered coding assistance startups. They include Augment, Codeium, Magic, and Poolside. However, Cursor has become one of the
Anysphere has received unsolicited offers valuing the company at as much as $2.5 billion from Benchmark, Index Ventures, and previous investors Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive, among others, the person said. The company then raised an$8 million seed round led by OpenAI’s Startup Fund, with participation from former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, and Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi. Most engineers are already using coding assistants like Cursor, and some VCs anticipate that these tools will soon allow startups to hire fewer software developers.
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