Tech things: OpenAI buys Windsurf, Google retains its lead, and where the hell is Apple?
The quiet news of the last few days was the leak/announcement of a $3 billion OpenAI acquisition of Windsurf. That's not the largest private acquisition ever made — that honor goes to Google's $30 billion acquisition of Wiz a few months prior — but man, it's up there! $3B is the kind of exit startup founders dream about. Especially for a startup that's been around for 2 years, with its current branding for about 5 months.I assume most people don't know what Windsurf is, which is fair because it ...
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