@thom.code: Part 2 ~ How Cursor Accidentally Became a $60B Company Four MIT dropouts turned down job offers from major tech companies to build their own startup. It failed within a year. Then they built Cursor, and three years later, SpaceX bought their company for $60 billion in the largest venture-backed acquisition in history. This is the real story of how Cursor (Anysphere) went from a failed CAD software idea to becoming the fastest-growing AI coding tool ever built, and why SpaceX just paid $60,000,000,000 for it. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00​ The Hook 0:20​ Meet the Founders 1:01​ Their First Idea Failed 2:04​ CodeCrafters 2:38​ The Comeback 3:28​ The $1M to $100M Growth Story 4:18​ SpaceX Buys Cursor for $60B 5:00​ What This Story Really Means 💬 Let me know in the comments — was this luck, or was it skill? 🔔 Subscribe for more startup stories like this one. #Cursor​ #Anysphere​ #SpaceX​

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