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

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894 points rcchen | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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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bix6 ◴[11 Jul 25 22:03 UTC] No.44537214[source]▶
Can shareholders sue? I presume the only avenue is IP since that belongs to the company? Or the non-exclusive license somehow negates that? Brutal.
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riwsky ◴[12 Jul 25 05:33 UTC] No.44539578[source]▶
“We underpaid you relative to what price you were able to command on the market, and you left, how DARE you!”
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1. bix6 ◴[12 Jul 25 10:29 UTC] No.44540953[source]▶
“We spent our time and money helping you and now you leave taking everything with you and leaving us with nothing”

You think the only people in a company that matter are a few founders? It’s ok to screw over everyone else?