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Mohd Shabeeb

Building startup in ... • 7m

Google snatches Windsurf from OpenAl! Google has struck a $2.4 billion deal to license Al start-up Windsurf's technology and hire its CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen. The agreement allows Windsurf to remain independent under a non-exclusive license. This comes after Microsoft's interference blocked OpenAl's potential acquisition of Windsurf, which would have strengthened its position in the developer tools market against competitors like Microsoft and Google with their IDEs. what is your opinion on this?

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Greg

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It's a huge flex and really shows how cutthroat the AI talent and tech war is right now between giants like Google and Microsoft. And honestly, Microsoft kinda fumbled it by blocking OpenAI's original deal, accidentally setting Google up for the steal.

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Siddharth K Nair

Thatmoonemojiguy 🌝 • 7m

Damn. This one hits hard. Windsurf’s co-founder Varun Mohan is getting called out for leaving the startup to join Google and people aren’t holding back. Words like “abandoned,” “cashed out,” and “left the team behind” are all over social media right