Does anyone know which side cancelled the deal?
OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
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#32So Google, Meta, and Microsoft will just hollow out the best AI startups of their talent instead of buying them - out of fear of monopoly lawsuits I'm assuming? Nice plan I guess. Kind of obvious to spot though.
Can shareholders sue? I presume the only avenue is IP since that belongs to the company? Or the non-exclusive license somehow negates that? Brutal.
I actually don't know if there's much that can be done unless there's some non-competes in those employees' contracts which are usually not very enforceable outside of finance iirc.
Re: OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
#33I never knew anyone who used Windsurf. These AI acquisitions have been unbelievable(in a bad way). WIX acquired some garbage Lovable.dev clone for 80 million. I think many of us are waiting for this bubble to pop(economy will likely pop too)
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#35I really think that Apple is smart to sideline this shitshow.
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#36OpenAI needs to up their game on Codex to be on par with Claude Code. o3 is a better planner relative to Opus.
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#37I wonder if this is a result of the previously reported clashes between OpenAI and Microsoft over access to the Windsurf IP (under their investment agreement)
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#38For the love of God, can we get a reboot of the Silicon Valley television show? Just on AI. Like when they wrapped it, they wrapped it on AI usage. So, it's got the perfect arc for a reboot that focuses perfectly on AI.
Re: OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
#39It's another Character.ai situation [0]. Unfortunate for any employees who aren't founders or researchers, as they don't get any payout or a nice new job from this exit structure. In fact they lose their whole time invested at the company. What a harsh time to work for an AI startup as a rank and file employee! I wonder how the founders justify going along with it inside their mind. [0] Character.ai CEO Noam Shazeer…
The rank and file equity pitch is quickly falling apart…
Re: OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
#40It's another Character.ai situation [0]. Unfortunate for any employees who aren't founders or researchers, as they don't get any payout or a nice new job from this exit structure. In fact they lose their whole time invested at the company. What a harsh time to work for an AI startup as a rank and file employee! I wonder how the founders justify going along with it inside their mind. [0] Character.ai CEO Noam Shazeer…
The “leftover” employees at Character were NOT screwed over. Options were converted to cash at the deal’s valuation.
Hopefully Windsurf employees are treated well here.
Note: I worked at Character until recently.