Billion-dollar startup collapsed due to "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 bunch of AI coding talent from Windsurf to develop agent-like products, tools that can automate complex programming tasks to attract the developer community.

Meanwhile, Cursor - Windsurf's biggest rival - quietly recruited two key leaders 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 owning core technology and being too dependent on partners.

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