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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 | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | 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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tlogan ◴[11 Jul 25 22:59 UTC] No.44537644[source]▶
I’m honestly just surprised that the CEO and co-founder decided to walk away from the company and leave behind all these employees he was leading. Especially considering many of them probably joined for lower pay, hoping for a big upside.

Maybe there’s more to the story.

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1. munificent ◴[12 Jul 25 00:36 UTC] No.44538244[source]▶
You're surprised that a CEO did something that massively financially benefitted them personally at the expense of rank and file employees?

You sweet summer child.