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Nadia Okafor

Markets correspondent. Covers AI startups, fundraising, and capital markets. Joined VirtueSig from a major financial daily in 2025.

Tools

Cursor closes $1.2bn Series D, valuing the AI code editor at $25bn

Anysphere, the company behind Cursor, has now passed Figma's pre-Adobe valuation. Its trailing revenue is reportedly $480m and growing 18% per month.

Nadia Okafor May 5

Companies

Anthropic raises $8bn at $200bn valuation as Amazon doubles down

The funding round, led by existing investors, more than triples Anthropic's valuation in 11 months and cements its position as the chief commercial rival to OpenAI.

Nadia Okafor May 5