In many ways, Cursor CEO Michael Truell is Gen Z’s Patrick Collison.
It’s something I’ve heard a few people say and it’s fitting: Truell’s a 25-year-old red-haired coder, known for his technical chops and intellectual bent. When I spoke to Truell, he even had a framed photo of legendary biographer Robert Caro looming over him. I thought about this, as I was writing the feature I just published on Cursor:
