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Tuesday, 15 July, 2025
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard) discuss the big changes happening around AI developer-assistants, across Cursor, Windsurf, OpenAI and Google. SHOW: 941SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #941 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS" SPONSORS:[VASION] Vasion Print eliminates the need for print servers by enabling secure, cloud-based printing from any device, anywhere. Get a custom demo to see the difference for yourself.[DoIT] Visit doit.com (that’s d-o-i-t.com) to unlock intent-aware FinOps at scale with DoiT Cloud Intelligence.[FCTR] Try FCTR.io (that's F-C-T-R dot io) free for 60 days. Modern security demands modern solutions. Check out Fctr's Tako AI, the first AI agent for Okta, on their websiteSHOW NOTES:Cursor Series-C Funding ($9.9B valuation)New Cursor Pricing TiersUpdated Cursor Pricing (June 2025)Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes (TechCrunch) Promiscuity of Modern Developers (Redmonk)Aaron Levie speculates that coding-assistants are involved with 50% of AI usage todayAnysphere, the startup behind coding app Cursor, hired two former Anthropic leadersMeasuring the actual impact of AI coding (Changelog)Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart (TechCrunch)Windsurf 2-3x’d headcount, and then the founding team walked. Pretty wild (X.com)Topic 1 - What happened (basics of the pricing change)?Topic 2 - How was this communicated? Topic 3 - Where was the confusion?Topic 4 - Wasn’t this inevitable because of huge costs and funding rounds? Topic 5 - How do we square the “developers don’t pay for anything” and “AI-native vs. AI-augmented” when developers are still in the loop?Topic 6 - Does this inevitability mean AI coding-assistants can’t be a standalone business, but need to be in a bundle? Topic 7 - WTF Windsurf?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netBluesky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: <
