OpenAI’s coding company wants to buy Windsurf After the agreement made with it, Googlethe founders of the company and some employees Deepmind included. With this development in the first half of July 2025, Google has received a limited license to Windsurf’s technology, while adding some senior names to the company to work in their own projects.
According to the information confirmed by Google, Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and co -founder Douglas Chen, with several research and development engineers Google DeepmindHe moved to. The new team is on Deepmind’s Gemini models Agent-Yönelimli Coding will work in the field. Google will not have Windsurf’s technology, but will only be able to use some components limitedly. Although the financial dimension of the agreement was not announced, it was known that OpenAI was preparing to pay about $ 3 billion for Windsurf before. Google has paid only in exchange for a technology license for this transfer, the company shares have not been made any changes said.
Windsurf’da management staff also took place. Following the departure of Varun Mohan, Jeff Wang, Business Development Director of the company, was appointed as a temporary CEO. Graham Moreno, Vice President of Global Sales, became the new president of the company. Windsurf, which has a team of approximately 250 people, will continue to maintain its basic operations such as product development and customer support. Developed by the company Cascade judicial integrated coding agentoffers more comprehensive capabilities than some developer tools in the market. This product was not taken by Google and will remain under Windsurf’s control.
Google will develop Agent-Simsemli solutions in Gemini projects with its new team.
The newly transferred team will work on Gemini models developed by Deepmind. Gemini offers for developers Natural Language Based Code Productionit stands out with functions such as debugging and task automation. Google aims to strengthen its position against solutions such as Github Copilot, Claude Code and Cursor. Some systems developed by Windsurf offer more flexible solutions compared to the existing Geminin infrastructure. This situation, especially Agent -based task execution It can be effective in the development of skills.
Although Google has not completely purchased Windsurf, it has achieved a significant advantage by accessing the company’s core technology. This approach offers a more flexible cooperation model, unlike direct purchase. Google is known to have established similar relationships with initiatives such as Inflection AI and Character.AI in the last two years. With the new transfer, Deepmind plans to further improve coding tools. The company’s long -term plans make Gemini models more common in the field of professional software production.