- OpenAI's rapid growth also helps vendors and partners - Anysphere is looking to raise investment at a $2.5 billion valuation - It is developing a Cursor assistant based on OpenAI technologies - That valuation is six times higher than it was 4 months ago - ARR has grown to $50M/year ($20M a month ago) - That means Anysphere gets about $4M/month from its subscriptions - OpenAI is already an investor in it (also Thrive Capital fund) - Also the $2 billion valuation is already being discussed by staffing agency Mercor - It helps OpenAI and other AI startups to find contractors - The startup is discussing raising at least $100 million in investments - That is, Mercor's valuation could increase 8 times in six months - The startup's ARR at the end of the year could reach $50 mln