Why on Earth is OpenAI buying Windsurf?

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Desperate to generate some kind of return for their loser gamblers (aka “investors”).

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• Zarxrax@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well crap, I was using windsurf (codeium).

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• Viri4thus@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s the murican VC MO:

  Why compete when you can buy the competition before it even develops?

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  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But it is interesting that they are not using their own product to build it……since “you don’t need developers anymore”

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    • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe they’re trying to turn their AI VC money into real money? IDK what windsurf is.

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    • scytale@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t get high in your supply I guess. Just like Zoom forcing RTO.

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• cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Here are some points to consider:

  • Distribution: The focus isn’t on distribution, as OpenAI has a larger user base.
  • Talent: The emphasis isn’t on the team, since they specialize in UX rather than ML search.
  • Why not vibe coding it? Likely because the true value lies in the data rather than the user experience: the actions each user takes to resolve or build code.

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