Brendan Jowett(@jowettbrendan ):🚨 BREAKING: OpenAI just bought Windsurf for $3 billion. They’re not just acquiring a product they’re cornering a market. This is the start of an AI coding war. Cursor, Replit, v0… all just became targets. Here’s what’s really going on: • Windsurf pivoted from GPU infra to becoming the most underrated code-gen engine. • OpenAI passed on Cursor even with its $9B buzz to pick precision over hype. • Their o3/o4-mini models now top coding leaderboards across speed, accuracy, and cost. • This isn’t a feature grab it's OpenAI absorbing the entire dev workflow. The IDE is dead. Long live the prompt.

2025.05.06 06:14

🚨 BREAKING: OpenAI just bought Windsurf for $3 billion. They’re not just acquiring a product they’re cornering a market. This is the start of an AI coding war. Cursor, Replit, v0… all just became targets. Here’s what’s really going on: • Windsurf pivoted from GPU infra to becoming the most underrated code-gen engine. • OpenAI passed on Cursor even with its $9B buzz to pick precision over hype. • Their o3/o4-mini models now top coding leaderboards across speed, accuracy, and cost. • This isn’t a feature grab it's OpenAI absorbing the entire dev workflow. The IDE is dead. Long live the prompt.