Listening to our faculty today as he dissected sustainable strategies for SMEs in moments of economic dislocation, something profound struck me. Even as the lecture was ongoing, in that signature Tekedia way where learning connects seamlessly with the pulse of the market, I picked up news that speaks to the velocity of this age.
Good People, Cursor, the AI-powered coding startup, has grown its valuation 12x in barely eleven months: “Engineers love Cursor because its AI coding tools adapt to a programmer’s style across a range of models, and now, investors are buying into the hype, too. The buzzy startup just raised $2.3 billion from heavyweights such as Google and Nvidia, The Wall Street Journal reports, and is now valued at $29.3 billion — a nearly 12-fold increase since January.” – LinkedIn News
Yes, a company built on the promise that anyone can code, and that machines can learn your style and become your digital apprentice, has unlocked massive investor confidence. So, let me ask our community: Is this the moment to rethink sustainable strategies for careers, especially for software developers, when AI is collapsing the moat that once protected coding? If Cursor is teaching us one thing, it is this: the future belongs to those who redesign their relevance, not those who defend old territories.
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Dr Abel Osuji, DBA, FCA, thank you for the masterpiece today. Thanks for teaching our learners.
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