Meet Aman Sanger: The Indian-origin co-founder of Cursor
Aman Sanger started coding at 14 and went on to co-found Cursor, now part of a $60 billion SpaceX acquisition.
He started coding at 14. A little over a decade later, the company he co-founded is at the centre of a $60 billion AI deal. Aman Sanger, a 25-year-old Indian-origin entrepreneur, is one of the co-founders of Anysphere, the company behind AI coding platform Cursor.
SpaceX has now completed its acquisition of Anysphere at an implied equity value of $60 billion, with the merger becoming effective on August 14, 2026, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
The deal has put Sanger and his co-founders, Sualeh Asif, Michael Truell, and Arvid Lunnemark, among the most closely watched young names in AI. Forbes had earlier estimated that the four could be worth around $2.7 billion each following the transaction.
From four MIT friends to an AI coding hit
Anysphere was founded in 2022 by the four MIT classmates. The startup’s big breakthrough came with Cursor, an AI-powered code editor that puts AI directly into the software development process.
Instead of moving between a coding window and a chatbot, developers can ask Cursor to write, edit, explain or fix code from within their workspace. That simple idea has helped turn AI-assisted coding into one of the hottest areas of enterprise software.
And the numbers show just how quickly it has grown. Forbes reported that Cursor had crossed $4 billion in annualised revenue before the SpaceX deal.
Who is Aman Sanger?
Aman Sanger is the chief operating officer of Anysphere. Before building Cursor, reports say Sanger worked at Bridgewater Associates and Google and explored an AI consulting venture. Sanger's interest in software started early.
Reports say he began coding at 14, long before AI coding assistants became a billion-dollar business. He later studied computer science at MIT, where he met Truell, Asif and Lunnemark. The four eventually joined forces to build Anysphere in 2022.
His background combines technology, business and an early interest in artificial intelligence. Aman comes from an Indian-origin family. His father, Arvind Sanger, is a hedge-fund professional and an IIT Bombay alumnus, while his mother, Shilpa Sanger, is an entrepreneur and orthodontist.
Why SpaceX wanted Cursor
SpaceX’s interest in Anysphere had been building for some time. In April 2026, the companies announced a partnership around AI for coding and knowledge work. The agreement included a right for SpaceX to acquire Anysphere for $60 billion, or pay $10 billion for the collaboration if the acquisition did not go ahead.
The acquisition now gives SpaceX access to a fast-growing AI software business and a team that has built one of the most successful AI coding products. Meanwhile, for Aman, the deal is a remarkable milestone at just 25. More importantly, it shows where the AI market is heading.
The biggest opportunities are no longer limited to chatbots. AI is increasingly becoming part of how software is built, tested and shipped. And Cursor has managed to turn that shift into a very big business.