Anysphere

Anysphere
Anysphere

San Francisco, CA

  • Headquarters

    San Francisco, CA

  • Founded

    2022

  • CEO / Founder

    Michael Truell

  • Employees

    201-500

  • Funding

    Series D+ — $3.5B

  • Products

    1 product listed

  • Avg. AI Score

    7.8/10

  • Website

    anysphere.inc
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Products
1
Avg AI Score
7.8/10
Founded
2022
Funding
$1.1B
About Anysphere

Anysphere develops Cursor, an AI-powered code editor designed to enhance software development productivity. The company was founded in 2022 by Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif, Arvid Lunnemark, and Aman Sanger, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Cursor integrates artificial intelligence directly into the code editing experience, offering features such as AI-powered code completion, natural language code generation, and intelligent refactoring suggestions. The editor is built on Visual Studio Code's foundation but incorporates proprietary AI models to assist developers with writing, debugging, and understanding code across multiple programming languages.

Anysphere raised a $60 million Series A funding round in 2024 led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Thrive Capital and other investors. The company has gained traction among individual developers and development teams seeking to integrate AI assistance into their coding workflows.

Specialties
AI-Powered Code EditingDeveloper ToolsCode GenerationSoftware Development ProductivityNatural Language Programming
Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Valuationest.
$29.3B
cnbc.com
ARRest.
$2B
thenextweb.com
Total Raisedest.
$1.1B
news.crunchbase.com
Valuation over time
$400M(August 2024, est.)$400M(Aug 9, 2024, est.)$2.6B(December 2024, est.)$9B(May 2025, est.)$9.9B(Jun 5, 2025, est.)$29.3B(November 2025, est.)$29.3B(Nov 13, 2025, est.)
ARR over time
$100M(January 2025, est.)$500M(June 2025, est.)$1B(November 2025, est.)$2B(February 2026, est.)
Total Raised over time
$8M(2023, est.)$1.1B(May 2025, est.)
Products by Anysphere

All products by Anysphere reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

Cursor logo
CursorAI Coding Tools

AI-powered code editor built for pair programming with AI

From $20/mo7.8/10
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How Our Review Panel Scores Anysphere

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Anysphere's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.4 points — The Skeptic was the hardest to convince, The Decision Maker the most positive.

The Decision Maker
8.2
The Domain Strategist
8.2
The Finance Lead
7.8
The Domain Practitioner
7.8
The Power User
7.8
The Skeptic
6.8

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Anysphere competes with, and how they differ.

Microsoft logo
Microsoft7.8/10

GitHub Copilot ships inside VS Code and GitHub with enterprise seat pricing and the largest installed base in AI-assisted coding.

9 products reviewed on TopReviewed
Anthropic logo
Anthropic8.2/10

Claude Code takes the terminal-agent route instead of an IDE — and Anthropic's vertical integration means Cursor licenses models from a direct rival.

3 products reviewed on TopReviewed
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GitHub Copilot

Extension-based AI coding assistant integrated into existing editors like VS Code and JetBrains rather than a standalone editor, backed by Microsoft/GitHub distribution and enterprise sales.

Claude Code logo
Claude Code8.2/10

Terminal-based agentic coding assistant rather than a full IDE, emphasizing autonomous multi-step task execution over inline completion UX.

3 products reviewed on TopReviewed
Windsurf logo
Windsurf7.8/10

Direct AI-IDE rival with an agent-first editor, competing for the same VS Code-fork user base at lower price points.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Devin logo
Devin7.8/10

Cognition sells an autonomous software engineer that runs tasks end-to-end, rather than an editor that keeps the human in the loop.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Cline logo
Cline8.2/10

Open-source VS Code extension for agentic coding rather than a proprietary standalone editor, letting users plug in their own model API keys instead of a bundled subscription.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Z
Zed8.1/10

Performance-first native editor adding AI collaboration features; competes for speed-sensitive developers rather than agent depth.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
JetBrains AI Assistant logo
JetBrains AI Assistant8.0/10

AI layer bundled into JetBrains' existing IDE suite (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.), targeting enterprise Java/JVM and polyglot developers already on JetBrains tooling rather than switching to a new editor.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed
Company Timeline

Key milestones in Anysphere's history, with sources.

  1. Milestone

    Reached $2B in annualized revenue

    Reported as the fastest-scaling B2B software company on record.

    thenextweb.com
  2. Funding

    Series D — $2.3B at a $29.3B valuation

    New investors included Coatue, Nvidia, and Google.

    valueaddvc.com
  3. Funding

    Series C — $900M at a $9.9B valuation

    Annualized revenue passed $500M around the same time.

    techcrunch.com
  4. Funding

    Series B at a $2.6B valuation, led by Thrive and a16z

    valueaddvc.com
  5. Funding

    Series A at a $400M valuation

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  6. Funding

    Seed — $8M led by the OpenAI Startup Fund

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  7. Launch

    Launched Cursor, an AI-native code editor

    valueaddvc.com
  8. Founded

    Anysphere founded

    Founded to build AI-native developer tools.

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