Cursor just bagged $900M

What we’ll cover today:

💸 Cursor said no to OpenAI (after raising $900M)

🌍 7 AIs lied & betrayed in Europe’s messiest strategy game

🔍 Perplexity wants to replace your browser AND your brain

🧠 Claude cuts off Windsurf, backs Cursor instead

🖥️ Cursor Cashes In, Fast

Anysphere, the AI startup behind coding assistant Cursor, just raised $900M from Thrive, a16z, Accel & DST Global.

🚨 Breaking News:
Cursor now boasts a $9.9B valuation and $500M+ in revenue and they rejected OpenAI’s acquisition offer.

⚡ Wire Simplified:

• Cursor is an AI assistant that helps developers write code faster.

• It’s now making over $500M a year and growing super fast.

• They offer $20 and $40 subscription plans, with new enterprise deals too.

• They said no to OpenAI and other buyers earlier this year.

• The company’s ARR is doubling every 2 months. Yep, every 2 months.

✔️ Straight to the Point:
Cursor is officially the coding world’s AI darling and with this much cash, they’re not just vibing, they’re scaling.

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🔍 Perplexity’s Big Brain Moment

AI search engine Perplexity, founded by Aravind Srinivas, hit 780M queries in May and it’s building a browser.

🚨 Breaking News:
Perplexity is launching “Comet,” a new browser that acts like your AI sidekick, not just another Chrome copycat.

⚡ Wire Simplified:

• Perplexity’s search traffic is growing 20% month-on-month.

• From 3,000 queries a day to 30M/day in just over a year.

• The new browser, Comet, will do things for you, not just search.

• Think: one prompt replaces your whole internet browsing session.

• It’s being built to rival Chrome and help with premium ads too.

✔️ Straight to the Point:
Perplexity wants to replace your browser and your brain. Just kidding (kind of.) But the AI future is clicking fast.

🤖 Anthropic Ghosts Windsurf

Anthropic, maker of Claude AI, cut off Windsurf’s access amid rumors of OpenAI acquiring the AI coding tool.

🚨 Breaking News:
Windsurf lost access to Claude models. Anthropic says it’s not personal- just business (and maybe a little petty).

⚡ Wire Simplified:

• Anthropic says selling to OpenAI and supporting them? Weird flex.

• Windsurf now scrambling to find new compute power fast.

• Claude access was pulled from popular Sonnet models.

• Cursor, on the other hand, is in Anthropic’s good books.

• Anthropic is focusing on agent-style coding tools, not just chatbots.

✔️ Straight to the Point:
Anthropic is picking long-term coding buddies over one-night stand startups. Windsurf got iced, Cursor got a handshake.

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