Cursor wins by owning the human-model interface, not competing on foundation models.
“We don't need to compete with anthropic and open AI on models right now. The interface between the human and the model is the key thing.”
Andrej Karpathy
Founder · Eureka Labs
Former Tesla/OpenAI, founder Eureka Labs
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What Andrej has said
Simile AI raises $2B to build behavioral foundation models simulating human decision-making at scale
“What if we can just recreate the world that we live in?”
Cognition's DeepWiki has indexed 1.4M GitHub repos and powers Devin's context layer
“the hardest part of creating a wiki is actually the table of contents”
AI labs optimize for benchmark scores rather than real-world model quality, warns industry insider
“unfortunately the teams are not getting better models overall but better Elm Marina models whatever that is possibly something with a lot of nested list bullet points and emojis”
HeyGen uses HTML as the native canvas for AI agents to generate full video compositions
“Uh when you try to teach a model a new DSL or even your own custom JSON structure, it's forcing it to speak another language.”
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Audio-in, visuals-out AI experiences are now feasible, matching Karpathy's claim that voice is the preferred input and visuals the preferred output.
“voice is the human preferred input for AIs. But that we prefer visuals as the output.”
Karpathy says AI-generated software arriving 'on tap' triggers Jevons paradox, sharply increasing his own demand for software.
“I feel a lot of things changing as working software increasingly comes out on a tap. The Jevon's paradox kicks in and I feel my own demand for software growing substantially.”
Professional AI-assisted coding needs a new term—'agentic engineering'—distinct from casual 'vibe coding,' with verification as the core challenge.
“when you fully give into the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists”