OpenAI's Windsurf deal is off – and its CEO is going to Google
10 months ago
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- OpenAI's deal to buy Windsurf is off.
- Google will hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some R&D employees.
- The Windsurf team will join Google DeepMind to focus on agentic coding efforts, primarily on Gemini.
- Google will take a non-exclusive license to some of Windsurf’s technology but no control or stake.
- Jeff Wang becomes interim CEO, and Graham Moreno is the new president of Windsurf.
- Google DeepMind welcomes Windsurf’s AI coding talent to advance agentic coding.
- Windsurf’s founders express pride in their work and excitement for the next phase.
- Google did not disclose financial terms; OpenAI had previously offered $3 billion for Windsurf.