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Supermaven Made Autocomplete Feel Instant. Then It Disappeared.
For one vivid year, Supermaven made AI autocomplete feel less like a meeting and more like a reflex. Its long-context tricks now live inside Cursor, while the original plugin settles into a strange afterlife for existing users.
Phind Gave Coders the Answer. Then It Vanished.
Phind turned the web's scattered documentation into useful, cited answers for developers. Its brief run also became a neat lesson in how quickly a focused AI product can be copied, crowded out, and switched off.
Aura
Aura is an AI agent for game development built by Ramen VR, the San Francisco studio behind the VR MMO Zenith: The Last City. Purpose-built for Unreal Engine and Unity, Aura turns written ideas into Blueprints, C++ and C# code, generates 3D assets, and automates repetitive tasks so professional developers can ship games faster. Its multi-agent system - including the Telos Blueprint agent and specialized verification and material agents - understands a studio's existing codebase and works within the engine editor. Ramen VR raised more than $45M (Series B led by Anthos and Dune) and pivoted from VR gaming to XR + AI developer tooling.
Jeff Wang
Jeff Wang is the CEO of Windsurf, an AI-powered coding assistant that was acquired by Cognition (makers of Devin) in July 2025. Previously Windsurf's Head of Business, Jeff stepped into the CEO role during a chaotic week in which the company's founders departed to Google and a $3B OpenAI acquisition fell through. Working through a single frantic weekend, he negotiated a new deal with Cognition that protected all 250 employees. A former engineer who detoured through Cisco and Salesforce before betting his career on early-stage AI startups, Jeff is also a General Partner at RNR Capital and co-founder of RocketFuel Education.