The agreement is valued at around $2.4 billion and involves a non-exclusive license, allowing Windsurf to remain independent.

Google's $2.4B Windsurf deal followed the collapse of OpenAI's acquisition, which was reportedly blocked by a Microsoft IP rights objection.

The acquihire-on-steroids trend is unique to this tech boom, and could have big implications for current and future AI founders.

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