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Windsurf had previously agreed to a deal to be acquired by OpenAI for $3 billion, in a move that would help OpenAI ...
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Varun Mohan, MIT-educated co-founder of AI startup Windsurf, was hired by Google in a move that came after OpenAI’s reported bid to acquire the company.
Sources told Bloomberg that Google agreed to pay about $2.4 billion to hire Windsurf founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen, ...
OpenAI was set to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf in May for $3 billion, but Microsoft refused to authorize the ...
Google will pay more than $2 billion to license the technology of AI coding startup Windsurf and hire some of its team, including CEO Varun Mohan, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing anonymous ...
Google's $2.4B Windsurf deal followed the collapse of OpenAI's acquisition, which was reportedly blocked by a Microsoft IP rights objection.
While Pichai’s comment was short, it signals a rare moment of mutual recognition in an increasingly high-stakes and competitive sector.
The deal comes after acquisition talks between startup Windsurf and OpenAI broke down.
Google has reportedly agreed to a $2.4 billion deal to license Windsurfs artificial intelligence-assisted coding technology, ...
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 ...