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

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757 points rcchen | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.447s | source
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asdev ◴[11 Jul 25 22:03 UTC] No.44537218[source]▶
I never knew anyone who used Windsurf. These AI acquisitions have been unbelievable(in a bad way). WIX acquired some garbage Lovable.dev clone for 80 million. I think many of us are waiting for this bubble to pop(economy will likely pop too)
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manquer ◴[12 Jul 25 01:41 UTC] No.44538577[source]▶
Everyone has a niche, Windsurf is the only large provider if you are a Jetbrains shop.

There are some alternatives like continue.dev or Jetbrains own AI offering but no Cursor or Claude Code ( Sonnet 3.7/4) you can get through Jetbrains plugin or others, but Anthropic does not provide support same with cursor.

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1. paulbgd ◴[12 Jul 25 06:08 UTC] No.44539736[source]▶
Check out sweep. Completely unaffiliated, their only offering is the jetbrains plugin so it gets a lot more focus than windsurf. Only downside is that Claude code is still a better agent, but at least its tab complete is some of the best