Fortune
Cursor’s 25-year-old CEO turned a Discord server into a talent pipeline to build his $60 billion SpaceX-backed AI company
Michael Truell, the 25-year-old CEO of AI coding tool Cursor, built his $60 billion company partly by recruiting talent directly from a Discord server. The unconventional hiring pipeline allowed him to identify skilled developers and engineers through their online activity and community engagement. Backed by SpaceX and now one of the most valuable AI startups around, Cursor's rise underscores how the next generation of tech founders is rewriting the rules on talent acquisition.
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