[dist-epoch]

Cursor ($9 bil) has a higher valuation than JetBrains ($7 bil). Think about that.

[rchaud]

Non-public numbers may as well be pulled out of thin air. WeWork was a $50bn company according to its VC bagholders, and that was marked down by 80% once they released their books to the general public.

[mrweasel]

Tells me that the markets ability to sensibly valuate companies is pretty messed up.

[xnx]

These aren't public companies, so the values are mostly made up.

[singularity2001]

or intellij is beyond its peak while cursor is just on the rise

[slt2021]

this. valuation is the discounted cash flow of expected future cash flows, not the past successes

[aledalgrande]

What did OpenAI buy for $3B? That's what I'm wondering.

[cellis]

I never did like JetBrains primary product, IntelliJ. It felt clunky even compared to Eclipse for Java, let alone VSCode for … everything. DataGrip is the lone standout imo, but as of the last update I paid for, it didn’t have even basic copilot