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Google snatches Windsurf execs in a $2.4B deal, derailing OpenAI’s biggest acquisition yet
In a stunning reversal, Google DeepMind acquires Windsurf’s top talent just weeks after OpenAI’s $3B deal collapsed over IP ...
Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart
As of Friday, Windsurf’s head of business, Jeff Wang, will take over as the startup’s interim CEO, he announced in a post on ...
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Google to pay $2.4 billion for AI executives from Windsurf
With a $2.4 billion agreement to license technology and hire top talent from AI coding startup Windsurf, Google has stepped ...
Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, others in $2.4 billion AI talent deal
Google wants its AI models to become bigger in coding. It has now hired the CEO of one of the top startups in that area.
Windsurf's CEO is headed to Google DeepMind — not to OpenAI
Windsurf's CEO and several key researchers at the AI coding assistant startup are headed to Google.
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Cognition agrees to buy what’s left of Windsurf
The move is the culmination of a turbulent period for Windsurf, and indicates that agentic IDEs have become a new ...
The Prompt: Windsurf Acquisition Is The Latest Salvo In The Battle For AI Talent
In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf ...
Bay Area startup plundered by Google, bought by rival in 'rollercoaster' weekend
Bay Area tech companies are battling to build popular, useful artificial intelligence — and the fight just ripped apart a ...