Alex Tapper
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building @cursor_ai, prev internal tools czar @retool, all words are made up
San Francisco, CA
Joined January 2009
For someone who started off building websites with inspect element in Chrome, Cursor's new visual editor feels like going back to the future -- in a good way! The tools we use should have an immediate effect on the products we build. The line between design and development will
You can now design directly in your codebase. Select elements, modify them visually, and Cursor writes the code.
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Save your toughest bugs for your strongest agent
Cursor can now fix your hardest bugs. Debug Mode instruments your code, spins up a server to capture logs, and streams runtime data to the agent. Also in 2.2: Plan Mode improvements, multi-agent judging, and more.
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Trusted the process. A+ result. Was basically a giant burger steak.
If you cook a lot of ground beef, let me bless you 1. Turn your pan all the way up and flatten your beef like a big burger 2. Let it sear like a steak 3. Break up as normal This creates a Malliard reaction which gives a 10x improved taste I crave this daily
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Claude Opus 4.5 is now available in Cursor! It's 3x cheaper than Opus 4.1 with better performance. Try it out at Sonnet pricing until December 5th.
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Today, teams ship AI-generated code faster than they can verify it. AI will write most of the world's code, Momentic will make sure it works. We've raised a $15M Series A led by Standard Capital to build the definitive source of truth for software.
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If you do one thing, try Cursor’s new plan mode.
Cursor 2.1 is now available! Plans now have an interactive UI for answering clarifying questions. Also new: in-editor code reviews, instant grep, and improved browser use.
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Cursor 2.1 is now available! Plans now have an interactive UI for answering clarifying questions. Also new: in-editor code reviews, instant grep, and improved browser use.
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This team moves faster than I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to see & show you what’s next.
We've raised $2.3B in Series D funding from Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Thrive, Nvidia, and Google. We're also happy to share that Cursor has grown to over $1B in annualized revenue and now produces more code than any other agent in the world. This funding will allow
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We've raised $2.3B in Series D funding from Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Thrive, Nvidia, and Google. We're also happy to share that Cursor has grown to over $1B in annualized revenue and now produces more code than any other agent in the world. This funding will allow
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If I hadn’t already joined Cursor, this certainly would have convinced me.
I spent the last 60 days working at Cursor. It's been one of the most thrilling phases of my professional life. There's a lot of mystique around the company. Over the last two months, some things matched my expectations; many did not. I wrote an essay for @joincolossus
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Excited to share I’ve joined the GTM team at @cursor_ai! Come build the future with us ⬇️
we saw a future where computers augment human intellect, where the gap between thought and creation disappears. the future is near, but we're not there yet. come build it with us: https://t.co/rAq2kPh8vK
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After a year of quietly powering some of the best restaurants, we’re finally introducing Magic — the personalization engine for real world experiences. Our first product, Loyalist, is live in hundreds of restaurants in 40+ cities like CARBONE, Momofuku, Le Bernardin, and COTE.
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there's a secret third option they don't tell you about...
cursor's light vs dark theme what team are you on?
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This morning at Retool Summit, we introduced application generation in Retool — where, for the first time, you can generate apps on top of your data (e.g. Salesforce, postgres, etc.) using natural language. Type what you want -> Have a working, production-ready app.
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live in 5! future of enterprise vibe coding coming in hot
The stage is set. The stream is ready. Retool Summit starts today at 9:30am. Missed your chance to be there IRL? Here’s your front row seat to the future of software: https://t.co/Sjws3rwvZt
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The stage is set. The stream is ready. Retool Summit starts today at 9:30am. Missed your chance to be there IRL? Here’s your front row seat to the future of software: https://t.co/Sjws3rwvZt
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