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Allie Garfinkle

OpenAI's $3 billion deal with AI coding startup Windsurf collapses, as Google swoops in for licensing deal

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Google has struck a licensing deal with coding startup Windsurf, upending OpenAI’s $3 billion offer to acquire the startup after the clock on the deal’s exclusivity period expired.

The deal with Google means that Windsurf will continue to operate as an independent startup while key members of the team join Google, a source familiar with the matter told Fortune.

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