AI coding startup Cursor seeks funding at $50B valuation: report

Cursor seeks funding that could value AI coding startup at $50 billion. AI coding tool’s revenue run rate topped $2 billion in February. Competition heats up in AI coding tools with OpenAI, Anthropic.

Manufact raises $6.3M as MCP becomes the ‘USB-C for AI’ powering ChatGPT and Claude apps

Manufact, a Y Combinator startup, raised $6.3 million to build open-source tools and cloud infrastructure for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the fast-growing standard backed by Anthropic and OpenAI ...

AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

The New Turing Test: How Threats Use Geometry to Prove 'Humanness'

Malware is evolving to evade sandboxes by pretending to be a real human behind the keyboard. The Picus Red Report 2026 shows 80% of top attacker techniques now focus on evasion and persistence, ...

An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code

Miles Clements, a partner at VC firm Accel, said there are two reasons Claude's latest improvements don't hurt Cursor.
InfoWorld

Coding for agents

Savvy developers are realizing the advantages of writing explicit, consistent, well-documented code that agents easily understand. Boring makes agents more reliable.
IEEE

Evaluating Large Language Models using Arabic Prompts to Generate Python Codes

Abstract: Currently, the popularity of large language models (LLMs) for instance, ChatGPT from OpenAI and Gemini from Google is increasing greatly in our lives, due to their unparalleled performance ...
IEEE

DemoCraft: Using In-Context Learning to Improve Code Generation in Large Language Models

Abstract: Producing executable code from natural-language directives via Large Language Models (LLMs) involves obstacles like semantic uncertainty and the requirement for task-focused context ...

PoshBuilder AI Enters Beta With Desktop IDE and Self-Hosted CMS Built to Challenge Cursor and WordPress

All-in-One Platform Combines AI-Powered Coding, Visual Building, and Deployable CMS for Modern Web Development LOS ...
ZDNet

5 custom ChatGPT instructions I use to get better AI results - faster

Turn ChatGPT into a consistent tool with a few tight constraints. Use instructions to control tone, pacing, and structured formatting. Watch the downside: global rules can silently filter answers ...
Geeky Gadgets

Build a Safer OpenClaw Alternative AI Assistant Using Claude Code

Building a safer alternative to OpenClaw using Claude Code addresses significant security concerns while preserving the core functionality of an AI assistant. OpenClaw is recognized for its automation ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...