David Kaufman

I'm in the back half of my career, the first half spent in sales-related roles and Sales/CS leadership. I was always a technical person, but never a developer or engineer. Then AI hit, I leaned in hard, knowing that this was a race to learn before other people figured things out. Long story short, AI lowered the developer/engineer bar, and I'm now head of AI Innovation at my company and loving it. Who knows where this leads, but I'm loving getting paid to play with AI and build Innovation plays as my full-time job.

Last month, Cursor launched for the fifth time on Product Hunt in 2025.

The 2024 Product of the Year [1] still hits the charts. They have launched web and mobile agents, a visual editor, and 2.0, consistently ranking in the Top 5 Products of the Day.

Many products are hard to explain in one sentence especially to their own founders

You live with the idea every day.

You know the problem deeply.