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It might be over for Cursor. OpenAI is buying Windsurf for $3B. My take: OpenAI wants to become the "Vibe Coding Company". But investing into a VSCode fork is risky business, because Microsoft has started to close down VSCode. They are not happy with the many successful forks. https://t.co/XSBDVQ3Tml
Why doesn’t OpenAI just build a vscode fork? There are like 20 YC startups that figured out how to do that. OpenAI doesn’t need Windsurf branding, you can drop an OpenAI IDE today and it would immediately compete with Cursor. Why acquire instead of build this in house? https://t.co/PQ7otAUj87
OpenAI is in talks to buy the AI code editor Windsurf for $3B. But people are asking: Why didn't they build it themselves? Here's my thinking: This acquisition less about the technology and more about acquiring a product line with an established line of business. Is it about
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to acquire Windsurf, for around $3 billion. If completed, it would be OpenAI’s biggest acquisition yet, aimed at boosting its position in the competitive AI coding market. https://t.co/13vhHgpSGH https://t.co/E5MPBeb8hx
HUGE! OpenAI in talks to buy Codeium for $3B and it's been <4yrs since it's founding. There's clear intent for OpenAI to verticalize and own the app layer, including coding and compete with Cursor head-on. https://t.co/UuwJEncqej
Why doesn’t OpenAI just build a vscode fork? There are like 20 YC startups that figured out how to do that. OpenAI doesn’t need Windsurf branding, you can drop an OpenAI IDE today and it would immediately compete with Cursor. Why acquire instead of build this in house? https://t.co/PQ7otAUj87
It might be over for Cursor. OpenAI is buying Windsurf for $3B. My take: OpenAI wants to become the "Vibe Coding Company". But investing into a VSCode fork is risky business, because Microsoft has started to close down VSCode. They are not happy with the many successful forks. https://t.co/XSBDVQ3Tml
OpenAI is in talks to buy the AI code editor Windsurf for $3B. But people are asking: Why didn't they build it themselves? Here's my thinking: This acquisition less about the technology and more about acquiring a product line with an established line of business. Is it about
