Zach Lloyd

Yeah, they were asleep at the wheel.

They had Copilot.

It's not as good.

It's literally, it's like a bunch of like, I know the guys at Cursor, like some smart people from MIT who are like, they were actually working on something else.

And then they just kind of out executed on the autocomplete part, which again, I don't think autocomplete is the future.

So I don't feel like I'm like,

seeding competitive ground here to cursor the future is more like developed by prompt but really really good execution on their part our curse are paying massively for talent i've spoken as far as i know like they are they are paying massively for talent do you feel the pressure to pay massively for talent

Yeah, I do.

It's like a super competitive space.

Like I think we can offer, cause we're like earlier, like we can offer more equity.

They can probably offer more cash, but yeah, it's like a crazy, crazy space that we're in right now.

Very competitive, which again, I think, I think reinforces the, like the importance of senior engineers is not going down.

It's never been more competitive for us to hire someone good.

Do you mean in terms of like the VC valuation or what people are getting paid or just the whole thing?

Yeah.

Do you, I think it's like, do you fundamentally believe that this is transformational technology?

If you do, I think, I mean, it's crazy, but it's like not crazy.

I think it's, I'm a skeptical person by nature, but I am a full believer that AI is going to change every single business.

So there's going to be some big losses, I put it that way, but there's also going to be some big winners.

I think it's going to depend a bunch on what industry you're in, what the short-term impact is.