# Aman Sanger

> Aman Sanger is a New York-raised software engineer and co-founder of Anysphere, the company behind Cursor. After studying computer science and mathematics at MIT, interning at Google and Bridgewater Associates, and trying an AI venture of his own, he joined three MIT friends in 2022 to rethink the code editor around language models. Cursor grew from an abandoned experiment in AI-assisted CAD into a widely used programming tool, while Sanger became a public advocate for fast iteration, specialized model training, and a future in which software engineers direct fleets of capable agents.

- **Role:** Co-founder of Cursor; building at SpaceXAI
- **Organizations:** SpaceXAI, Cursor, Anysphere, Abelian AI, Google, Bridgewater Associates, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **From:** New York, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** High school, Horace Mann School, Bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Anysphere and helped develop Cursor, an AI-first code editor used globally by individual developers and enterprises., Helped Cursor reach $100 million in annual recurring revenue roughly a year after monetization, according to the Peak XV interview., Co-authored Cursor research on fast code editing and contributed to the Composer 2 technical report.

## Career timeline

- **2019-2020** — Co-founded Abelian AI, an earlier enterprise AI venture.
- **Before 2022** — Completed internships including software or machine-learning work at Google and an investment-associate internship at Bridgewater Associates.
- **2022** — Graduated from MIT and co-founded Anysphere with Michael Truell, Sualeh Asif and Arvid Lunnemark.
- **2022** — The founding team explored AI-assisted CAD before shifting to programming tools.
- **2023** — Cursor entered public beta as an AI-first code editor, after the team received early access to GPT-4.
- **2024** — Published technical work on fast code edits and appeared with the Cursor founding team on the Lex Fridman Podcast.
- **2025** — Discussed Cursor's path to $100 million in annual recurring revenue and its culture of rapid experimentation with Peak XV.
- **2026** — Contributed to the Composer 2 technical report and began describing his work publicly as building at SpaceXAI after SpaceX exercised its option to acquire Cursor.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Anysphere and helped develop Cursor, an AI-first code editor used globally by individual developers and enterprises.
- Helped Cursor reach $100 million in annual recurring revenue roughly a year after monetization, according to the Peak XV interview.
- Co-authored Cursor research on fast code editing and contributed to the Composer 2 technical report.
- Built and publicly explained retrieval, prompt compilation, quantization and model-training systems for AI-assisted programming.
- Forbes listed him as a billionaire in 2026 based on its estimate of his stake following the SpaceX transaction.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Updated his public biography to say he is building at SpaceXAI while remaining identified as a Cursor founder.
- **2026-07** — Promoted Cursor Start for developers in India and highlighted India's rapid user growth.
- **2026-07** — Described Cursor's work with SpaceXAI on Grok 4.5, a model trained for coding and agents.
- **2026-03** — Contributed to Cursor's Composer 2 technical report on a specialized agentic software-engineering model.

## Links

- Website: https://amansanger.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aman-sanger-482243171
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/amanrsanger
- GitHub: https://github.com/Sanger2000

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Last updated: 2026-09-26