GOOGLE HIRES WINDSURF CEO VARUN MOHAN, OTHERS IN $2.4 BILLION AI TALENT DEAL

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Google has signed an agreement to hire Varum Mohan, the co-founder of AI coding startup, Windsurf, and other senior Windsurf research and development employees. Google will not invest in Windsurf, but it will receive a nonexclusive license to certain Windsurf technology. Windsurf is free to license its technology to others. Google is paying $2.4 billion for the deal. Windsurf had been in talks with OpenAI for a $3 billion acquisition deal, but the finalization period expired.