Windsurf head says successful engineers nail 3 skill categories:
Windsurf's Kevin Hou said technical fundamentals, knowing when to seek help ...
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- OpenAI's $3 billion attempt to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf failed.
- Google DeepMind hired Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and top researchers.
- Google gained a nonexclusive license to Windsurf's technology without acquiring company shares.
- Jeff Wang became Windsurf’s interim CEO while most of its 250 employees remain with the startup.
We’re excited to welcome some top AI coding talent from Windsurf’s team to Google DeepMind to advance our work in agentic coding.— Google spokesperson Chris Pappas in an email to TechCrunch.
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