Windsurf is an AI-powered developer tool that enables users to build full-stack applications using natural language prompts. They compete with Cursor and recently had a bunch of buyout offer drama.

OpenAI, an AI research lab backed by Microsoft, has agreed to acquire Windsurf, an AI-assisted coding tool, for approximately $3bn, reported Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. This ...

OpenAI’s reported acquisition of Windsurf is making big headlines in the tech media world. If it goes through, it would be the biggest such activity by the household-name model company responsible for ...

Kevin Hou, head of product engineering at Windsurf, said competency in three categories makes a "successful" engineer. Those areas are coding, knowing when to seek outside support, and the nebulous ...

Autonomous AI coding startup Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the AI developer tools startup best known for its agentic integrated development environment (IDE). The ...

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OpenAI is in discussions to buy artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool Windsurf for about $3 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The deal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. It’s only been a few months since developers started using the new term “vibecoding,” but new LLM capabilities put the no-code/low ...

Google on Friday made the latest splash in the AI talent wars, announcing an agreement to bring in Varun Mohan, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf. Google is not ...

Cognition said it closed a $400 million funding round at a valuation of $10.2 billion. The startup is the creator of an artificial intelligence software engineer called Devin. In July, Cognition ...