Billion-dollar startup collapsed because of "backstabbing" in the AI ​​world

Windsurf was once valued at $3 billion but collapsed quickly after OpenAI proposed an acquisition and a major partner suddenly turned its back without warning.

OpenAI once wanted to buy Windsurf for $3 billion, but the deal was blocked by Microsoft due to conflict of interest concerns.

Soon after, Anthropic - the provider of Claude Code - cut ties, leaving Windsurf without its most powerful programming AI tool.

A wave of service cancellations from users quickly pushed this startup into crisis.

CEO Varun Mohan was forced to sell technology and personnel to Google for only $2.4 billion.

Google DeepMind then acquired a host of AI coding talent from Windsurf to develop agent-like products, tools that can automate complex programming tasks to attract the programming community.

Meanwhile, Windsurf's biggest rival, Cursor, quietly poached two key executives behind Anthropic's Claude Code.

Windsurf now has just Jeff Wang as interim CEO and a small team maintaining the service for the business.

Windsurf's story is a warning about the risks of not mastering core technology and being too dependent on partners.

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