Google's $2.4B Windsurf deal followed the collapse of OpenAI's acquisition, which was reportedly blocked by a Microsoft IP rights objection.

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Google has acquired top AI coding talent from Windsurf, including CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen, for its ...

OpenAI’s contract clause could cut off Microsoft’s access to new AI models if AGI is declared, forcing high-stakes renegotiation of their partnership.

Windsurf didn’t want Microsoft to have access to its intellectual property — a condition that OpenAI was unsuccessful in getting Microsoft’s agreement on, people familiar said.

Google isn’t buying Windsurf. Instead, it’s agreed to pay $2.4 billion for a nonexclusive licence to some of the company’s ...

Alphabet has acquired talent and licensing rights from AI startup Windsurf, hiring its top executives for DeepMind. Windsurf ...

OpenAI’s discussions to buy Windsurf, the maker of a popular artificial intelligence coding assistant formerly known as ...

NEW YORK] Alphabet’s Google struck a deal to acquire top talent and licensing rights from artificial intelligence (AI) coding ...

Google has struck a licensing deal with coding startup Windsurf, upending OpenAI’s $3 billion offer to acquire the startup ...

OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition of coding startup Windsurf has been scrapped, giving Google room to make its own play.