Cursorās $9.9B Monk Mode: Zen Millionaires Write Code
In the land of Silicon Valley miracles, 25-year-old Michael Truell and his Anysphere team pulled a $900 million rabbit out of their $9.9 billion hat by 'living like monks' in 2023. Forget flashy ads ā after a brief flirtation with social media evangelizing, they locked themselves in a dark coding cell and let word-of-mouth catapult Cursor from YC startups to Amazon talks, Google CEO dhow-dad Sundar Pichai casual-coding webpages live, and top companies like Stripe & Instacart nodding approvingly. Even Andy Jassy calls it the catalyst for his 'explosion of coding agents,' proving corporate jargon can explode quietly. Meanwhile, other AI startups race to buy influencers instead of monk mode. Ah, progress.
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Turns out if you want a $9.9B valuation, just lock yourself in a room, code silently like a monk, skip marketing, and cross your fingers that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy calls your product 'key.' Who knew corporate success was actually a vow of silence?
Cursor grew by shutting out distractions and mumbling 'monk mode' like a Silicon Valley mantra ā proving tech giants prefer zen monks over hype beasts.
Why hire influencers or blow cash on ads when you can chase $900 million in funding by being socially awkward and just making a good product? Cursorās marketing strategy: silence speaks volumes, apparently.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 9/4/2025 | Author: Lee Chong Ming
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