Anysphere, the maker of AI-powered coding instrument Cursor, has attracted $900 million in a recent spherical of funding led by Thrive Capital, The Monetary Occasions reported, citing nameless sources acquainted with the deal.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Accel are additionally collaborating within the spherical, which values Anysphere at about $9 billion, the report stated.
Cursor raised $105 million from Thrive and a16z at a $2.5 billion valuation, TechCrunch reported in December. Thrive Capital additionally led that spherical, and a16z participated as properly. The startup has raised over $173 million in funding up to now, in keeping with Crunchbase information.
Traders, together with Index Ventures and Benchmark, are stated to be scrambling to again the corporate, however it appears to be like like Anysphere’s present traders don’t need to miss out on an opportunity to again it both.
Different AI-powered coding startups are additionally attracting investor curiosity. TechCrunch reported in February that Windsurf, a rival to Anysphere, was in discussions to increase funding at a $3 billion valuation. OpenAI, an investor in Anysphere, was reportedly making an attempt to accumulate Windsurf for about the identical worth.
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