Locator: 48747WINDSURF.
Anti-trust: how do you buy a company without buying the company --
- buy the name;
- buy the IP address; and,
- buy the people.
Search: Google is paying $2.4 billion for Windsurf's IP and staff after it (Windsurf) ditched OpenAI over Microsoft ties.
The $2.4 billion includes: hiring its CEO, Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and other key employees to join Google's DeepMind division.
The deal was made possible because OpenAI's earlier attempts to acquire Windsurf, at a higher price, about $3 billion, fell through.
Windsurf was said to be hesitant to proceed with the acquisition by OpenAI because that meant Microsoft would gain access to Windsurf's own "sensitive" technology.
Windsurf:
- formerly known as Codeium
- an AI-powered coding tool that enhances developer productivity through tools that integrate into existing workflows
- founded in 2021 by Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen
- based in Mountain View, CA
- originally began as Exafunction, focusing on optimizing GPU utilization at scale
So, it's for coders, and likely to be able to do the work of dozens or more of human coders.
Talking with someone who writes code, that individual says he recently subscribed to Anthropic (at my suggestion, and that's 100% true). He says that something that would have taken months to write, he wrote in twelve hours using Anthropic which is optimized for writing code.We are in a new world.
By the way, this might be a great time to explore Apple TV+ "Severence."
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Sophia Getting Her Fourth Stripe
The next stripe will be the "next belt."
July 11, 2025.
Jinho Jiu-Jitsu, Grapevine, TX.
