Cursor Startups

Arise AI is an observability and evaluation platform for artificial intelligence that helps AI engineers understand model performance and impact. Founded on the evolution from machine learning models to large language models, Arise provides tools for the nascent AI ecosystem to evaluate and understand AI system behavior.

How I AI is a new podcast launched under the Lenny's Podcast Network, hosted by Clairvaux, an AI-obsessed product leader and founder. The show features practical demonstrations of how people use AI tools like V0, Devin, and Cursor to ship faster and improve workflows, with live screen sharing and 30-minute episodes. The inaugural episode features Sahil Lavengia, CEO of Gumroad, showcasing how AI tools are enabling 40x speed improvements in feature development and driving cultural change in engineering organizations.

Mayor Shlomo bootstrapped Base44, an AI-powered no-code/low-code app builder with batteries-included infrastructure (database, user management, integrations), from zero to acquisition in 6 months. Starting with three close friends and a focus on building in public on LinkedIn, he grew to 400,000 users and $1.5M ARR in just 4 weeks, eventually selling to Wix for $80M+ without raising any external funding or even writing code for the last 3 months of the company's existence.

Airtable is a no-code platform that democratizes business app creation. Founded 13 years ago by Howie Liu, it achieved early product-led growth success and became a SaaS darling. Recently, Airtable has undergone a major transformation to become AI-native, restructuring into 'fast thinking' and 'slow thinking' teams to ship AI capabilities weekly while maintaining infrastructure stability. Howie personally uses Airtable's AI agent Omni extensively and spends significant compute resources testing AI capabilities daily.

LinkedIn, under CPO Tomer Cohen, is piloting the Full Stack Builder model—a radical reimagining of how product gets built at scale. The program empowers builders across any function to own the entire product development lifecycle (idea to launch) by automating everything except vision, empathy, communication, creativity, and judgment. With custom-built AI agents (trust, growth, research, analyst) and re-architected platforms to work with AI, early adopters are saving hours per week while maintaining or improving quality, with top performers showing the most enthusiasm.

StudyMate is a student learning platform built by Zevi Arnawitz, a non-technical PM at Meta with zero coding background, using AI-powered development tools like Cursor and Claude. The app allows students to upload study materials and generate interactive quizzes with multiple question types. Zevi developed an innovative workflow using slash commands, Claude code review, and multiple AI models working in concert to build, review, and refine features without writing code himself.