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OpenAI deal for Windsurf falls apart

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 tensions with Microsoft.

TechCrunch on MSN · 2d

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 social media. Most of Windsurf’s 250 person team is not headed to Google DeepMind and will continue offering its AI coding tools for enterprise customers.

The New York Times · 2d

Google Hires A.I. Leaders From a Start-Up Courted by OpenAI

In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.

Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf

Cognition is acquiring Windsurf days after Google DeepMind hired its CEO and research leaders, and months after OpenAI ...

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Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates

The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.

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Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’

Bloomberg reported back in May 2025 that OpenAI had entered exclusivity negotiations to buy Windsurf for up to $3 billion. However, those talks fell apart, and OpenAI later told CNBC that the ...

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$300 billion, 500 million users, and no time to enjoy it: The sharks are circling OpenAI

OpenAI is the world's leading AI startup. For how long will depend on how well it fends off multi-front attacks from ...

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Rs 206054160000: This company bets big on AI, poaches Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, R&D talent for..., company is..., not Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI

Besides CEO Varun Mohan, several key R&D staff of Windsurf, including co-founder Douglas Chen, have joined Google.

Sundar Pichai-Led Google Pips OpenAI To Hire AI Startup Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan And Staff For $2.4 Billion

Sharing the same, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Laureate Demis Hassabis welcomed the duo and the rest of ...

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