Introduction to Amp Code and its approach to AI-powered software development. Speaker: Beyang Liu | Co-founder & CTO, Amp Code / Sourcegraph https://x.com/beyang https://www.linkedin.com/in/beyang-liu/ https://github.com/beyang ...

When I was about 9 years old, I had my first experience running code, not on a computer, but in my grandparents' kitchen. I was standing next to my uncle who was reading out DOSs commands. Symbol after symbol, word after word, line after line, I took notes.We were trying to build a boot disc to run one of these popular jump and run games. For those of you who have never seen a boot disc, imagine the great great great grandfather of a USB stick that would tell your computer how to start. Well, needless to sa ...

By Akash Sriram Dec 17 (Reuters) - Online education platform Coursera said on Wednesday it would buy rival Udemy in an all-stock deal, valuing ​the combined company at $2.5 billion, as the industry consolidates after a post-pandemic ‌slowdown and heightened investor scrutiny. Udemy shareholders would receive 0.8 shares of Coursera for each held, valuing ‌the company at about $930 million, according to Reuters calculation. Coursera shares were up about 4%, while Udemy jumped nearly 22%. Coursera and Ude ...

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Most enterprises are not capturing much value from AI in software dev to date (at least relative to the potential). The reason is that most are adding AI tools to their dev teams without changing the people and operating model aspects (i.e., limited changes to ways of working, team configurations, role definitions, stage gates, etc.). Many core aspects of software development haven’t changed in the past 10+ years, and that’s holding us back from moving to the new paradigm of software development! We will sh ...

Considering where IWC sits in the market and everyone that attends Reinvent, Probably the question most people would have is if I am a large enterprise and I have multiple teams, multiple desks doing multiple things, how do I deploy three of these frontier agents to the smaller base out of it does. Hey, here's a database. We're building the foundation for billions of agents, and that's an understatement.So what we launch with these frontier agents is essentially a new category of agents, because while so mu ...

Company Origin and Evolution - Cursor initially focused on mechanical engineering and CAD systems but pivoted to programming due to poor founder-market fit [5][12][13][14] - The company's shift to programming was driven by the usefulness of early AI products like GitHub Copilot and the potential of scaling laws in AI [7][8] - Cursor's early success is attributed to its narrow focus on VS Code and building a better product within that specific environment [16] Scaling and Infrastructure - Cursor experienced rapid scaling, even stressing the platforms of major cloud providers [28][29] - The company initially managed scale with a small team, encountering challenges with Kubernetes clusters and API providers [32][33] - Cursor adopts a multi-cloud strategy, utilizing various providers like AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, and PlanetScale [37][38] - Cursor strategically diversifies API token sources across multiple providers and explores token resellers [34] Product Strategy - Cursor is intentionally moving towards becoming a multi-product company, aiming to build an AI coding bundle [41] - The company prioritizes its editor as the main focus but is also exploring team collaboration tools [42][43] - Cursor emphasizes owning the surface (the editor) and initially avoided touching the modeling side of things [25][26] Talent and Acquisition - Cursor employs a rigorous and unorthodox recruiting process, including a two-day onsite project for engineering and design candidates [49][51] - The company values talent acquisition and has used M&A as a strategic tool to acquire talented teams [56][58] - Cursor's acquisition of Supermaven, a team led by the creator of Tab 9 (precursor to GitHub Copilot), demonstrates its focus on acquiring top AI talent [60] Future Challenges - The company acknowledges the challenge of continuous disruption in the AI space and aims to build a company that can adapt and innovate [65] - Cursor recognizes that the software automation is still in early stages and there is a long way to go [63][64]

Core Insights - Corundum Trust Company INC reduced its stake in Microsoft by 5.4%, owning 4,942 shares valued at $2,458,000, making it the 4th largest position in their portfolio [2] - Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of Microsoft stock, with several firms increasing their positions significantly [3] - CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares at an average price of $504.78, representing a 15.87% decrease in his holdings [4] - Microsoft reported Q1 earnings of $4.13 per share, exceeding estimates, with revenue of $77.67 billion, an 18.4% increase year-over-year [6] - Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, up from $0.83, with a payout ratio of 25.89% [7] - Analysts have mixed ratings on Microsoft, with price targets ranging from $560.00 to $675.00, and a consensus rating of "Buy" [8] Investment Activity - Corundum Trust Company INC trimmed its Microsoft stake by selling 284 shares [2] - WFA Asset Management Corp increased its position by 27.0%, owning 1,016 shares valued at $427,000 [3] - Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC boosted its position by 410.4%, now holding 2,659 shares valued at $1,144,000 [3] Insider Transactions - CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares for approximately $75.32 million, reducing his holdings to 790,852 shares [4] - EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares for about $2.56 million, decreasing his position by 11.03% [4] Financial Performance - Microsoft has a market cap of $3.85 trillion, with a P/E ratio of 36.83 and a PEG ratio of 2.36 [5] - The stock has a 52-week range of $344.79 to $555.45, with a beta of 1.03 [5] Dividend Information - The upcoming dividend of $0.91 per share will be paid on December 11th, with an ex-dividend date of November 20th [7] Analyst Ratings - TD Cowen raised its price target to $655.00, while BMO Capital Markets lowered it to $625.00 [8] - The average price target among analysts is $634.67, with one Strong Buy, thirty-six Buy, and one Hold rating [8]

Generative AI Impact on Software Development - Generative AI is fundamentally changing software development by enabling code generation, explanation, debugging, documentation, and porting using natural language [14] - Generative AI can produce code fast, but it lacks contextual understanding and can add technical debt to complex projects [15] - Software developers with experience and contextual understanding have a massive edge over just generative AI [15] Historical Context of Algorithms and AI - The concept of the algorithm was first introduced in the 9th century by Alarismi [14] - Isaac Asimov's science fiction inspired AI research, including natural language processing and neural networks [14][15] - The convergence of the transformer model algorithm, enormous amounts of public data, powerful GPUs, and cloud computing led to the birth of generative AI [15] The Role of Software Developers - Software developers solve complex problems and find true meaning beyond just a job [14] - Lived experience teaches developers how to connect the right dots for future software projects [15] - Context helps connect the right dots and is the difference between intelligence and wisdom [15]

We're dealing with magic here that we I think probably all would have thought was impossible 5 years ago or certainly 10 years ago. This is the most amazing technology ever and it's moving really fast and yet we're still like really disappointed. Like it's not moving fast enough and like it's like maybe right on the verge of stalling out. We should both be like hyper excited but also on the verge of like slitting our wrists cuz like you know the gravy train is coming to an end, >> right? >> It is faster but ...