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  "markdown": "Cursor CLI launch coauthor; former Cursor engineer.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/baltaazr\n\n## What Balta builds\n\n- [Cursor CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-cli.md), graded F, 35.4/100, in Agent harnesses. Cursor's coding agent in the terminal, run as `agent` (also `cursor-agent`). Cursor CLI launch coauthor; former Cursor engineer, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Lukas Möller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lukas-moller/), Cursor CLI launch coauthor; former Cursor engineer; now SpaceXAI engineer\n- [Shaoru Ian Huang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/shaoru-ian-huang/), Cursor CLI launch coauthor; former Cursor founding team; now SpaceXSI\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)\n- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)\n- [OpenAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/openai/)\n- [Jeff Dean](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-dean/)\n- [Noam Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/noam-brown/)\n- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)\n- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)\n- [DST Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dst-global/)\n- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)\n- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)\n- [Google](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/google/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Balta Ruiz?\n\nBalta Ruiz is cursor CLI launch coauthor; former Cursor engineer.\n\n### What does Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Cursor CLI from Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography). Cursor's coding agent in the terminal, run as agent (also cursor-agent).\n\n### Who has invested in Anysphere, Inc. / Cursor (acquired by SpaceX per engineer biography)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, OpenAI, Jeff Dean, Noam Brown, Benchmark, Accel, DST Global, Coatue, NVIDIA and Google.\n\n### How are Balta's tools graded?\n\nCursor CLI is graded F, 35.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://cursor.com/blog/cli\n- https://lukas-moeller.ch\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukas-m%C3%B6ller-027034141\n- https://x.com/lukasmoellerd1\n- https://shaoruu.io\n- https://twitter.com/shaoruu\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/baltaazr\n- https://cursor.com/\n- https://cursor.com/cli\n- https://cursor.com/help\n- https://cursor.com/help/troubleshooting/reporting-bugs\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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