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Michael Truell

2 entries · August 2024 – August 2026

Michael Truell is the co-founder and chief executive of Cursor, the AI coding tool built by Anysphere, which he incorporated in 2022 with fellow MIT students Sualeh Asif, Arvid Lunnemark and Aman Sanger. Under his lead Cursor became one of the fastest-growing software products by revenue, and in June 2026 SpaceX agreed to acquire Anysphere for a reported $60 billion — cast as the largest startup acquisition on record — folding it into the combined SpaceX–xAI group.

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  1. OpenAI moves to cut off Cursor's model access after SpaceX's acquisition

    OpenAI invoked a change-of-control clause over Musk's history of contract violations; Cursor's chief executive said OpenAI models were about 5% of its traffic.

    OpenAI, Cursor / AnysphereLabs & people · Money & business

  2. Anysphere raises Series A at $400M valuation

    Cursor-maker Anysphere raises a $60M+ Series A led by a16z and Thrive Capital, ten months after its seed round.

    Cursor / AnysphereMoney & business