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Google to Pay $2.4 Billion for Windsurf Staff, IP After Startup Ends OpenAI Talks
OpenAI’s discussions to buy Windsurf, the maker of a popular artificial intelligence coding assistant formerly known as Codeium, have ended. Instead, Google will hire Windsurf’s CEO, Varun Mohan, and some of the startup’s staff,
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
OpenAI’s deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, cofounder Douglas Chen, and some of Windsurf’s R&D employees and bring them onto the Google DeepMind team, Google and Windsurf announced Friday.
In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to ...
The acquihire-on-steroids trend is unique to this tech boom, and could have big implications for current and future AI founders.
Google snags Windsurf’s leadership and licenses its tech for $2.4B, while OpenAI loses a major acquisition opportunity.
April 17, 2025: OpenAI has released o3 and 04-mini, two reasoning AI models designed to be extra good at programming, math, ...
The artificial intelligence giant’s dizzying corporate structure and acquisitions raise privacy and safety concerns.
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