Cursor is nearing a funding round of at least $2 billion, with returning investors Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz expected to lead the financing at a $50 billion valuation. The deal terms are not final and may still change.
Parker Harris stated that they want everyone to be able to use Slackbot and that they don't want to lock it behind a gate. In its current form, it's only available to enterprise customers, who receive unlimited access to Slackbot.
Microsoft's announcement of ESU for the products included the stern warning: 'This period will not be extended past April 2026 (you do not need to ask).' However, as April approached, Microsoft acknowledged that some customers had not moved to new products.
Lead management in B2B has evolved into a systems challenge that spans teams, platforms and the entire revenue lifecycle. It is a complex engineering discipline that requires a holistic, lifecycle-driven approach rather than a simple marketing-to-sales handoff. In a recent strategy session, we examined what it takes to build a lead management engine today. We concluded that many organizations are still attempting to solve 2026 problems with a 2010 mindset.
