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Re:OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for About $3B by lanthissa on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @04:39PM (#43710124)
With stuff like this, they like the team that built it and want them on their side.

If you believe the founders/team is the right group to deliver a core product 3b is nothing to get them onside.

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Re:OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for About $3B by xenospn on Thursday April 17, 2025 @01:55AM (#43713530)
There is literally never a context in which 3b is “nothing”. Not even for a company that just raised 40b.
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Re:OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for About $3B by jononor on Thursday April 17, 2025 @02:58AM (#43713873)
If investors think that the acquisition will increase the valuation of the company by 3B (or more), and the acquisition is paid fully or mostly in stock - then one can it basically for free.
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