normal devs: open vscode
founders: open cursor and ship
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Kalash
21. Curious, optimis... • 1m
> cursor
> windsurf
> vscode
which team are you on?
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Tarun Suthar
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Microsoft owns VSCode and makes money from OpenAI.
OpenAI invested in Windsurf and Cursor.
Cursor, now worth more than Windsurf, started by copying/modifying Microsoft’s VSCode.
So Microsoft indirectly helped create Cursor - but doesn’t control i
windsurf sold for $3 Billion
cursor now valued at $9 Billion
windsurf bought by OpenAI
OpenAi is an existing investor of cursor
both are vsCode forks
vsCode is owned by microsoft
Microsoft owns 49% of OpenAi
🚨 MICROSOFT VS CURSOR & WINDSURF: THE AI IDE WAR JUST GOT SPICY!
Microsoft is BLOCKING Cursor & Windsurf from using VS Code extensions via licensing restrictions. 😱 Cursor (a full VS Code fork) & Windsurf (a plugin-based IDE) are now scrambling
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Dan
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> Writing a good user manual is hard:
PMs are busy
Devs don’t like docs
Writers don’t know the product
So founders ship without docs.
What if AI could handle it?
Checkout Onvoke which can automate your customer facing docs
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The next billionaire
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My opinion: Cursor is a feature that can be launched by vscode any day and this valuation will become a joke. This is one of the most bloated valuation bubble I have ever seen. Unless they get acquired by OpenAI just like windsurf
Cursor is a great tool that makes coding easier, and it was built really well. But sometimes, even the best tools lose value when the world changes fast
AI is starting to write full codebases on its own. If that becomes normal, tools like Cursor (wh