Jack Altman

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4,592 appearances 200 recordings 1 series first heard May 2025 last heard yesterday

Jack Altman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The a16z Show · Inside Cursor: The Anatomy of a Generational Startup · 27 Aug 2026 podcast

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Two years ago, betting on an independent AI coding company looked almost irrational. voice-verified

Microsoft owned GitHub, VS Code, Copilot, and had access to some of the world's best AI models. voice-verified

And yet, cursor broke through. voice-verified

In this episode, Martin Casado, Sarah Wang, and Matt Bornstein look back at the decisions that shaped Cursor from its earliest days, building a standalone product instead of a plug-in, resisting the push into enterprise sales too early, and staying relentlessly focused even as the competitive landscape changed around them. voice-verified

They also unpack how the company repeatedly reinvented itself as AI advanced. voice-verified

built a culture around speed and taste, and eventually apply the same intensity it brought to product to hiring, sales, and M ⁇ A. voice-verified

It's a conversation about cursor, but also a broader look at what it takes to build a defining company in a market where the technology, competition, and conventional wisdom can change almost overnight. voice-verified

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Thanks for listening to this episode of the A6TZ Podcast. voice-verified

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The a16z Show · The State of AI: Macro, Apps, and Consumer · 26 Aug 2026 podcast

For the last few years, the biggest question in AI was which model would win. voice-verified

The next phase may be less about the models, and more about what gets built on top of them. voice-verified

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