Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding

This is Casey Newton, founder and editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. I’ll be guest hosting the next few episodes of Decoder while Nilay is out on parental leave. For the next three weeks, I’ll be talking to leaders in the productivity space about what they’re building, and how they can help us get things done. 

My guest today: Michael Truell, the CEO of Anysphere, the maker of automated programming platform Cursor AI. I sat down with Michael to talk about his product and how it works, why coding with AI has seen such incredible adoption, and what the future of automated programming really looks like. 

Read the full transcript on The Verge.

Links: 

• Anysphere, hailed as fastest growing startup ever, raises $900 Million | Bloomberg
• AI coding assistant Cursor draws a million users without even trying | Bloomberg
• Anthropic rehires AI leaders from Anysphere | The Information
• Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes that upset users | TechCrunch
• OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to rival Windsurf | CNBC
• Interview with Anysphere CEO Michael Truell about coding with AI | Stratechery
  

Credits:

Decoder is a production of The Verge and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Our producers are Kate Cox and Nick Statt. Our editor is Ursa Wright. 

The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder.

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