OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B

#1

Post by craneca0 » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 4:58 AM UTC

OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B
cnbc.com

Re: OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B

#2

Post by tanelpoder » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 5:00 AM UTC

The title probably needs to be changed from -$3B to 3B...

Re: OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B

#3

Post by gnabgib » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 5:01 AM UTC

Discussion (49 points, 10 hours ago, 32 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43708725

Re: OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B

#4

Post by lgas » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 5:14 AM UTC

tanelpoder wrote: post #2

The title probably needs to be changed from -$3B to 3B...

It's a tilde, meaning "approximately", not a minus sign.

Re: OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B

#5

Post by gnabgib » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 5:23 AM UTC

lgas wrote: post #4

tanelpoder wrote: post #2

The title probably needs to be changed from -$3B to 3B...

It's a tilde, meaning "approximately", not a minus sign.

It was a minus sign when @tanelpoder posted that (op subsequentially edited the title)

Re: OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B

#6

Post by throwaway62382 » Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 5:35 AM UTC

Has anyone used both Windsurf and Cursor? Which is preferable?