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OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off, and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google

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766 points rcchen | 3 comments | 11 Jul 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.698s | source
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Ancalagon ◴[11 Jul 25 21:46 UTC] No.44537076[source]▶
So 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.

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1. DiscourseFan ◴[11 Jul 25 22:17 UTC] No.44537317[source]▶
There are many AI startups and we are just in the beginning of learning how to use them. There will be some stupid company like those you’ve listed that figures out a way to use AI that is far better than any other implementation, and Google, Meta, and Microsoft may go the way of Yahoo and AOL, but we’ll see
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2. bix6 ◴[11 Jul 25 22:21 UTC] No.44537355[source]▶
Doesn’t seem like it. Antitrust has no teeth so the mega corps are just buying all the talent with life changing cash.
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3. DiscourseFan ◴[11 Jul 25 22:34 UTC] No.44537461[source]▶
The “talent” is not very talented, trust me. These are the short term whims of very large, increasingly bloated organizations. A leaner startup that knows what it has will not sell so quickly. At least, the odds will soon be in favor of whoever first decides to take that bet.