Founder Profile
Sualeh Asif
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Sualeh Asif?
Sualeh Asif is a founder of Anysphere Inc. (Cursor), which was founded in 2022 with Michael Truell, Aman Sanger and Arvid Lunnemark.
- Company founded
- Anysphere Inc. (Cursor)
- Founded
- 2022
- Co-founders
- Michael Truell, Aman Sanger and Arvid Lunnemark
Background
Software engineer who previously worked at Scale AI and studied computer science at MIT.
Founding Story
Sualeh Asif co-founded Anysphere (Cursor) in 2022 alongside his MIT peers. Recognizing the limitations of GitHub Copilot's autocomplete, he helped build a fork of VS Code deeply integrated with LLMs, allowing developers to generate and edit code across entire codebases seamlessly. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).