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Cursor just bagged $900M
....but said no to OpenAI 😮

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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


Source : Medium
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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Source : The Hindu
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.
🌐 Would you ditch Chrome for an AI-powered browser? |

Source : Geist
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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