Anysphere seed round
Anysphere, maker of the VS Code-based Cursor editor, raises an $8M seed led by the OpenAI Startup Fund.
First public funding for Cursor, then an AI-native IDE pitched on features 'after autocomplete' (bug finding, codebase Q&A). Angels included Nat Friedman and Arash Ferdowsi.
- Date
- Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Lab
- Anysphere (Cursor)
- Kind
- product
- Access
- app only
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| Seed round | $8M total raised $11M | reported |
OpenAI's fund was an early investor in what became a competitor to OpenAI's own Codex products.
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