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Bornstein: Cursor founder initially refused to build a dedicated sales team
“Early on, I think I told Michael a few times too. It's like, oh, you better invest in sales. He's like, nope, I'm not going to do that. They literally set up enterprise at cursor.com. It's like, if you're an enterprise, send your inquiries to this.”
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Horowitz: Cursor Uses 13 Different AI Models for Programming
“And so if you look at cursor cursor consists, I think, of 13 different AI models, all which kind of model different aspects of how you program, how you speak to a programmer, et cetera. And those models end up being very important, so important that they In fa…”
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Truell: Cursor originally started as an AI CAD tool for mechanical engineers
“Yeah, initial false start of working on, ah, working on mechanical engineering actually, and working on mech models to help people be more productive within CAD systems, and also building, building our own sort of CAD system.”
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Truell: Cursor ran massive Kubernetes infrastructure with just five employees
“We were running a very, very large Kubernetes cluster, larger than many other companies, and then, ah, trying to figure that out on the fly with, Five total people at the company.”
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Casado: I code most nights using Cursor because it's enjoyable
“Many of them, I, like I code, you know most nights with cursor just because it's really enjoyable.”