Why Google dismembered a promising AI coding startup

Windsurf's leadership went to Google, leaving most employees in a lurch.

Back in May, Bloomberg reported that OpenAI had agreed to pay $3 billion for Windsurf, a popular code editor with a built-in AI coding agent. However, Bloomberg noted that the deal hadn’t closed yet. After that came two months of radio silence. As far as I can tell, neither company formally announced the acquisition.

Then last week the deal suddenly fell…