OpenAI deal for Windsurf falls apart
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Cognition is acquiring Windsurf days after Google DeepMind hired its CEO and research leaders, and months after OpenAI offered to buy it.
Windsurf faces acquisition by Cognition AI. This follows a collapsed deal with OpenAI. Google hired Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen. Google DeepMind also secured a license to Windsurf's tech for $2.
The move comes after a whirlwind few days in which Windsurf saw its CEO and core team join Google in a reverse “acquihire” deal worth approximately $2.4 billion. Originally, OpenAI had made a near-final $3 billion offer to acquire Windsurf—but ...
Questions swirled about Windsurf's future after Google's surprise deal. Now, Windsurf will have a new owner.
Last Thursday, more than 40 researchers and engineers at Windsurf, a startup that has developed an artificial intelligence–powered coding tool, began gathering at a hotel in Mountain View, Calif., after receiving an invitation to a mysterious meeting from the startup’s management.