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A Windsurf AI engineer says Google gave him a job offer that would 'explode same day.' He didn't take it.
The latest sign that the AI talent wars are heating up? An early Windsurf engineer said Google's job offer came with a lit ...
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 ...
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 was a startup Cinderella story. Now it's become a cautionary tale.
The whipsawing of Windsurf employees and the unusual cleaving of the company into separate parts have left a bitter taste in ...
Who is Varun Mohan? Indian-origin CEO of Windsurf faces backlash after quitting startup for Google, derailing $3B OpenAI deal
Varun Mohan, Windsurf co-founder, faced criticism for joining Google DeepMind. This happened after a $3 billion OpenAI ...
Vinod Khosla says Windsurf's founders abandoned their team: 'I definitely would not work with their founders next time'
The founders of Windsurf, an AI startup, left the company for Google Deepmind just after a deal to sell it to OpenAI fell ...
Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal
Days after AI coding startup Windsurf announced that it’s being acquired by Cognition, Windsurf exec Jeff Wang took to X to ...
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 ...
New Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang recounts a frantic weekend of dealmaking to save the startup: 'I was on the verge of tears'
Windsurf had a wild weekend earlier this month. A deal with OpenAI fell apart. Google then poached its CEO. 48 hours later, ...
72 Hours After Google Poached Its Founder, Windsurf Is Now Being Acquired by Cognition
It's been a wild ride for vibe-coding platform Windsurf. Google poached its founder and top talent, and now it's being bought ...
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
OpenAI’s deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, cofounder Douglas Chen, and some ...
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OpenAI to acquire Windsurf for $3bn - MSN
OpenAI, an AI research lab backed by Microsoft, has agreed to acquire Windsurf, an AI-assisted coding tool, for approximately $3bn, reported Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. This ...