The quiet, galactic ambitions of Cursor CEO Michael Truell
T n 2019, Michael Truell, a shy, 18-year-old MIT student, sat staring at a…
Bootcamps, work trials, token burn: Inside the recruiting practices at the hottest AI coding startups
They seem like any other tech company: cracked founders, sky-high valuations, and minimalistic Silicon…
AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big
Enterprises perhaps don't need such warnings. They have already decided to adopt multiple models,…
Microsoft turns to Amazon for help with GitHub’s AI-driven capacity issues
Microsoft is turning to its biggest cloud rival, Amazon, to help address capacity issues…
Midjourney founder says new AI coding tools are leaving his friends more productive — and ‘extremely drained’
Your programmer friend is thrilled — and tired.Midjourney founder David Holz summarized the feeling…
The creator of Walmart’s vibe-coding tool Code Puppy is leaving for AI startup Pydantic
The creator of Walmart's internal vibe-coding tool is leaving the company for AI start-up…
SpaceX confirms it is buying AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion
SpaceX has announced its first major acquisition after a record-breaking IPO.Elon Musk's rocket company…
Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app
Figma is trying to become more than a design platform by adding more AI…
Google is in talks for a $1.5 billion-plus deal with AI coding agent startup Mechanize
Google wants its AI to get better at coding.The tech giant has been in…
Can AI have taste? That was the hot topic at Replit’s NYC vibe-coding conference.
At Vibecon, a conference bringing together "creatives and AI," it felt like everything came…
Perplexity is quietly building an AI coding tool to take on Cursor and Claude Code
Perplexity could be the latest entrant to the red-hot AI coding wars.The San Francisco-based…
Lovable doubles its valuation to $13.3 billion as investors place another big bet on AI coding
Lovable doubled its valuation to $13.3 billion in a new $400 million funding round.…
Software engineers are facing an ‘identity crisis bordering on depression,’ Menlo Ventures partner says
Software engineers may be paying the price for Silicon Valley's tokenmaxxing frenzy.As companies push…
Meta launches a new AI coding model with ‘very aggressive’ pricing, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says
Meta could spark a price war in the booming AI coding market.The tech giant…
AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation
Wu, a famed wunderkind programmer himself, also told TechCrunch that Devin is not being…
The hidden cost of the AI coding boom: workplace paralysis
Even off the clock, Danny Hamam feels like he's falling behind.The software engineer, who…
