Ben Lang

Where should we set up Cafe Cursor next?

Startups that have done tender offers for employees recently: • Clay • Notion • Gamma • Harvey • Eleven Labs • Linear • Hightouch

a16z + YC shared their startup ideas for 2026:

Cursor events in these cities over the next two weeks: Bangkok, Seattle, Oslo, Northampton, Boston, Puebla, Vienna, Melbourne, Adama, Khorezm, Warsaw, San Salvador, Boston, Krakow, LA, Copenhagen, Kyiv, Mendoza, Toronto, Bangkok, Baku, Istanbul, São Paulo, Santiago, Vancouver, Manta, Porto Alegre, Philadelphia, Sydney, Paris, Dushanbe, Milano, Quito, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Calgary, Atlanta, Benguerir, Bern, Pwani

For any early founders considering accelerators, this is my shortlist: • @HF0Residency (SF) • @ycombinator (SF) • @southpkcommons (SF/NYC/BLR) • @sequoia Arc (US/EU) • @pearvc PearX (SF) • @Neo (SF) • @conviction Embed (SF) • @a16z Speedrun (SF) • @fdotinc (SF)

Cursor HQ, San Francisco

Solo founders + AI is happening:

Things are cooking at Cafe Cursor in Paris

Cafe Cursor in Medellín

Where would you like to see a Cursor meetup next?

What are you building this weekend? Share links, curious to see.

Y Combinator''s 2026 request for startups:

Cafe Cursor in Madrid

a16z team shared a bunch of startup ideas for 2026:

We're taking over a cafe on March 5th in Tokyo Grab coffee, Cursor credits, and build together 会場でお待ちしています！See you there!

YC on how to build a 20x company:

These funds have the best scout programs for angel investors: • Sequoia • Greylock • Accel • a16z • Index Ventures • Lightspeed

Cafe Cursor in Tallinn Image

I’d love to angel invest in a handful of new startups in 2026. If you think I’d make a good addition to your cap table, reach out, DMs are always open!

Bullish on 1 person teams • @joshmohrer - $7M ARR • @iangcarroll - $7M ARR • @levelsio - $2.7M ARR • @BrettFromDJ - $1.3M ARR • @yongfook - $950K ARR • @marclou - $1M ARR Who else?