# Michael Truell (slim)

> Michael Truell is co-founder and CEO of Anysphere (Cursor). Cursor Agent SDK on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO, Anysphere (Cursor).

Michael Truell co-founded Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, in 2022 with three fellow MIT students and leads it as chief executive.

## What Michael builds

- [Cursor Agent SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cursor-agent-sdk.md), graded B, 63.6/100, in Agent frameworks & SDKs. Cursor's TypeScript framework for defining an agent as a folder of instructions, typed tools, skills, MCP connections and channels, testing it with evals, and running it on your own server or on Cursor's hosting. Co-founder and CEO, Anysphere (Cursor), researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Aman Sanger](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/aman-sanger/), Co-founder, Anysphere (Cursor)
- [Arvid Lunnemark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/arvid-lunnemark/), Co-founder, Anysphere (Cursor); left in 2025
- [Rustam Lalkaka](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rustam-lalkaka/), Author of the Agent SDK launch post, Cursor
- [Sualeh Asif](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sualeh-asif/), Co-founder and CPO, Anysphere (Cursor)

## Backed by

- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)
- [OpenAI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/openai/)
- [Jeff Dean](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/jeff-dean/)
- [Noam Brown](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/noam-brown/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)
- [DST Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dst-global/)
- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)
- [Google](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/google/)

## Questions

### Who is Michael Truell?

Michael Truell co-founded Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, in 2022 with three fellow MIT students and leads it as chief executive.

### What does Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary make?

Anchor Terminal lists Cursor Agent SDK from Anysphere, Inc.

### Who has invested in Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor), a SpaceX subsidiary?

The sources our research read name Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, OpenAI, Jeff Dean, Noam Brown, Benchmark, Accel, DST Global, Coatue, NVIDIA and Google.

### How are Michael's tools graded?

Cursor Agent SDK is graded B, 63.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://cursor.com/docs/agent-sdk
- https://cursor.com/blog/agent-sdk
- https://cursor.com/blog/joining-spacex
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursor_(code_editor)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Truell
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aman_Sanger
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvid_Lunnemark

These 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.