{"id":493038,"date":"2026-02-27T05:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/493038\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T05:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T05:26:16","slug":"im-from-india-and-social-media-reacts-to-29-3-billion-california-based-ai-startups-no-shoes-policy-in-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/493038\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m from India and\u2026&#8217;: Social media reacts to $29.3-billion California-based AI startup&#8217;s &#8216;no shoes&#8217; policy in office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/128826925.jpg\" alt=\"'I'm from India and\u2026': Social media reacts to $29.3-billion California-based AI startup's 'no shoes' policy in office\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> A California\u2011based artificial intelligence (AI) startup valued at about $29.3\u202fbillion went viral for its unusual office rule that does not allow employees to wear shoes inside the workspace. The company, Cursor, was founded in 2022 by four graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including Indian\u2011origin co\u2011founder Aman Sanger.The post went viral after a tech worker in San Francisco posted a photo showing numerous pairs of shoes left on the floor outside an office door. \u201cFunny that everyone in SF immediately knows which office this is,\u201d wrote Cupertino\u2011based developer Andre Landgraf on the social media platform X, alongside the image. Cursor is best known for developing an AI\u2011powered smart code editor that helps programmers write, edit and understand code more quickly. The company has attracted considerable investment and in November 2025 completed a $2.3\u202fbillion funding round that brought its valuation to about $29.3\u202fbillion.The no\u2011shoes office trend is getting attention in the tech world, with supporters saying it makes workplaces more relaxed and comfortable. Cursor\u2019s rule has sparked online discussion about office culture and dress codes in modern startups.<\/p>\n<p>Social media reactions: <\/p>\n<p>good things get shipped from this officeThis is either a startup office or a meditation studioAs someone from Europe it\u2019s the only logical thing to do &#8211; inside slippers in the office, outside shoes stay on the door. Why is this controversial?There\u2019s always that one were everyone would prefer them to keep their shoes oni&#8217;m from india and even we don&#8217;t do this at workplaces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California\u2011based artificial intelligence (AI) startup valued at about $29.3\u202fbillion went viral for its unusual office rule that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,225882,181,507,225881,225879,225883,225880,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-493038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-ai-powered-code-editor","10":"tag-artificial-intelligence","11":"tag-artificialintelligence","12":"tag-california-ai-company-dress-code","13":"tag-cursor-ai-startup","14":"tag-mit-founded-startup-cursor","15":"tag-no-shoes-office-policy","16":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}