OpenAI-Windsurf acquisition collapses; Google hires Windsurf CEO and team for DeepMind
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Summary
OpenAI's acquisition deal to buy Windsurf has fallen through. Instead, Google is hiring Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some R&D employees to join Google DeepMind, where they will focus on agentic coding efforts and work on Gemini. Google will take a non-exclusive license to some of Windsurf's technology but will have no control or stake in the company. Jeff Wang, Windsurf's head of business, has been appointed interim CEO, and Graham Moreno has taken on additional responsibilities.
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Google will not have any control over nor a stake in Windsurf, but it will take a non-exclusive license to some of Windsurf's technology.
Effective immediately, Jeff Wang, Windsurf's head of business, has become interim CEO, and Graham Moreno, its
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