Wednesday, May 07, 2025

OpenAI += Windsurf - $3B

Interesting... Is this Microsoft's money used to competed with Microsoft's own GitHub Copilot tool?

By the way, Windows security prevents download/run of Windsurt AI tool as an "unrecognized app" :)
And it is not only Microsoft's security
Malwarebytes flagging Windsurf IDE as Ransomware - Ransomware - Malwarebytes Forums


OpenAI agrees to buy Windsurf for about $3 billion, Bloomberg News reports | Reuters

OpenAI's weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, jumping sharply from the 300 million weekly active users in December.

The company is also planning to raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group, opens new tab at a $300 billion valuation.


EXCELLENT podcast interviews with CEO and Co-Founder of Windsurf!

50 people, 2 years startup "pivot", highly technical team,
with self-driving cars and infrastructure (GPU virtualization) background.
Already used with very large customers, like Dell.
Used by millions of developers.
In this context, this is a good addition to OpenAI, worth the money.
And a lot of money that it, $3B / 50 = $60M per person!



Varun Mohan | LinkedIn
MIT MSc, CS, EE





The first agentic IDE, and then some. The Windsurf Editor is where the work of developers and AI truly flow together, allowing for a coding experience that feels like literal magic.







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