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>>swyx+(OP)
Man why did these guys do that OpenAI couldn’t replicate for less than 3Bn on reasonable timeline? This seems insane.

>>crsv+J22
They've got users (which I don't doubt that OpenAI's fork of VSC would have as well but I assume that's their thought process)

>>lnenad+b32
Yup. Even a small market share is market share. Plus they are paying to acquire a team of folks who are already in this space and who will, until golden handcuffs come off, keep working in this space. Still an insane number though.

>>Always+e52
But openai is stronger brand with free publicity - whatever they say/do will instantly show up the same day on all news across the world.

The "space" exists for months, there are no people with 10y expertise here, with their brand they can attract any talent they can wish for in this "space", no?

You can probably vibe code 80% of it in a week or two?

>>mirekr+372
I guess it's all up to interpretation, but having a brand in one space doesn't necessarily translate to a brand in another. OpenAI doesnt/didnt have a code editor. Now it does/it will.

I'm fairly into llms but it took me awhile to try cursor because the cost of changing editors is very high. I'd probably eventually try a OpenAI editor but only if I saw it was actually getting adoption and good feedback from others.

I'd also argue that while this llm powered editor space is pretty new, the editor space in general is much older.