Michael Truell
256 posts
- A conversation with @patrickc on old programming languages, software at industrial scale, and AI's effect on economics/biology/Patrick's daily life. 00:15 - Why Patrick wrote his first startup in Smalltalk 03:35 - LISP chatbots 06:09 - Good ideas from esoteric programming
00:00 - Replying to @karpathyIn the next version of Cursor, stuffing context will get much easier :D
00:00 - Cursor now supports 1M context-windows, the most expensive models, and unlimited tool calls with API pricing.How do you think we should be pricing for very expensive models (o3) or ultra-long context windows (~100k LOC) in Cursor? API pricing, higher subscription tier, something else?
- When will we be able to add AI coworkers to Slack to help take on misc operational work? Updating spreadsheets, creating channels, running "cron job" business workflows, conducting Deep Research/Operator-style tasks. Same API as a human (bidirectional DM's, calls, shared links)
- Michael Truell (@mntruell), co-founder and CEO of Anysphere, the company behind @cursor_ai, joined @garrytan to talk about building one of the fastest-growing startups of all time—and why he's betting everything on a world beyond code. He walks through the early insights that
00:00 - How do you think we should be pricing for very expensive models (o3) or ultra-long context windows (~100k LOC) in Cursor? API pricing, higher subscription tier, something else?
- After adopting Cursor, businesses merge ~40% more PRs each week. New economics research from the University of Chicago.Who uses AI agents? How do agents impact output? How might agents change work patterns? New working paper studies usage + impacts of coding agents (1/n)
- Replying to @leerobWelcome to the team, Lee!! A "pinch yourself" moment for us :)
- Replying to @levelsio @cursor_ai and @aloyogaSoon with background agent!our biggest release ever is now available to everyone in @cursor_ai here's a rundown of what's new in 0.50 ↓
- Happening at *lots* of places other than Google too!Update from today's earnings call. More than 1/3 of all code at Google is now generated by AI.
- Replying to @mntruellFeel very lucky to collaborate with the all of curious, passionate people that work here.
- Who's doing the best open source work on Java language servers? Would love to help support.
