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Anysphere , the God Almighty of AI - powered coding cock Cursor , has attracted $ 900 million in a fresh round of financing lead by Thrive Capital , The Financial Timesreported , citing anonymous reference intimate with the deal .

Andreessen Horowitz ( a16z ) and Accel are also participate in the round , which values Anysphere at about $ 9 billion , the report said .

Cursor raised$100 million from Thrive and a16z at a $ 2.6 billion valuation , TechCrunch report in December . The startup has raised over $ 173 million in funding to date , according to Crunchbase data point .

Investors , include Index Ventures and Benchmark , are said to bescramblingto back the company , but it looks like Anysphere ’s existing investor do n’t want to miss out on a probability to back it either .

Other AI - power coding startups are also pull in investor interest . TechCrunch reported in February that Windsurf ( formerly known as Codeium ) , a rival to Anysphere , was in discussions toraise funding at a $ 3 billion valuation . OpenAI , an investor in Anysphere , was reportedlytrying to acquire Windsurffor about the same value .

Cursor in talks to raise at a $10B valuation as AI coding sector booms

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