Cursor's $60 billion valuation mocked: 'great investment' when agents do everything
mgostIH · x · 2026-10-31
In an era where "all software is near free and agents can just use the terminal to do everything," Cursor's roughly $60 billion valuation (referring to its massive new funding round) is mocked by mgostIH as "a great investment" — implying that paying $60B for a coding tool may be a giant valuation bubble as coding agents keep improving and software production costs trend toward zero.
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