Google hired the CEO and Researchers of Windsurf Startup

According to new reports, Openai’s $ 2 billion contract to buy a successful smart coding startup Windsurf Failed. In contrast, Google hired a $ 1.5 billion contract, CEO, co -founder and a team of senior researchers at the startup.

According to Bloomberg, a deal that could be one of the biggest purchases in the history of artificial intelligence was disrupted in the final moments with a sudden rotation. Openai Company that is on the verge of finalizing the contract $ 2 billion It was a Windsurf startup for full, lost the competition to Google.

Google and Windsurf have officially announced that Varun Mohan, CEO, Douglas Chen, co -founder, and a team of the main researchers of the startup will join Google Dipmind.

Recruitment of the main forces Windsurf By Google

The important point of this agreement is that Google has not purchased Windsurf completely. This is a new and clever strategy among the technology giants to which “Reverse Recruitment” (Reverse-ACQUIHIRE) It is said. According to this model, the main team and the Windsurf brain team are hired to work on the Agentic Coding projects in Dipmind.

Also Google by paying $ 1.5 billion It receives a non -licensed license to use some Windsurf technologies. Windsurf itself will continue to operate as an independent entity and can sell its technology to other companies.

Although Windsurf remains as an independent company and “Jeff Wang“The interim manager has become, but the future of this startup is vague. The company, which has become one of the most important startups with its explosive growth (with annual revenue from $ 5 million to $ 5 million in several months), has now lost its original leaders.

Overall, similar experiences in the past, such as the Scale AI startups (after trading with Meta) and Inflection (after dealing with Microsoft), show that companies that leave their brain to technology giants will face major obstacles to maintain their growth and market position.