Cursor and Hugging Face achieved success through complete pivots
ai · x · 2026-08-29
Two of the biggest VC wins of the year were complete pivots: Cursor shifting from AI CAD and Hugging Face from a consumer chatbot.
This serves as a lesson for founders to never give up until the money is gone.
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