Lauren Tan's path from Meta React to building Grok Bot at Cursor

BuBBliK @k1rallikOriginally posted 2026.10.27

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> be Lauren Tan > become poteto because potato was taken > study finance, discover coding through Excel > launch a startup, run out of money > blog while learning, get invited to speak > land at DockYard, move to America > spend nearly four years at Netflix > spend six years building React at Meta > help ship React Compiler > join Cursor in 2026 > Cursor gets acquired by Musk's SpaceX > now build Grok Bot there she once feared the Netflix interview, now she teaches coding agents how to work.

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