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VIJAY PANJWANI

Learning is a key to... • 21d

Google News: In a major talent acquisition move, Google has secured top AI engineers from coding startup Windsurf in a $2.4 billion deal. The company is bringing in Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen to its DeepMind division, following the collapse of OpenAI ’s planned $3 billion acquisition of the same startup.

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Twitter was actively seeking experienced leadership to head its product division and had approached Mohan for the Chief Product Officer position 👀. But Google ?

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