Sualeh Asif

Co-founder of Anysphere, the company behind Cursor. Focuses on RL training methodology and model quality for Cursor’s custom model ensemble. One of four co-founders who built Cursor from a VS Code fork into the leading AI-native code editor.

Background

Works on training methodology: using RL on “passive K curves” (generating multiple candidate suggestions and training on human-preferred outputs) to improve suggestion quality. Made a notable bet in June 2022 on whether AI would win an IMO gold medal by 2024 — DeepMind’s results came within one point of fulfilling the prediction, reflecting his bullish view on formal reasoning progress.

Appearances in this wiki

Key positions

• RL on passive K curves: generating 10 candidate suggestions increases the probability of hitting the right answer; training on human preferences discriminates between candidates
• AI progress in formal reasoning (IMO-level mathematics) is faster than most predicted