Windsurf, the manufacturer of a popular AI coding assistant, is in negotiations from Openai for about $ 3 billion, reported Bloomberg.
If the agreement happens, he would have put Openii in direct competition with a series of other assistants coding AI assistants, including Anvertphere, the cursor producer, whom Openii supported by his Openii start -up fund.
The acquisition could jeopardize the credibility of the Openii startup fund, since it is one of the major cursor investors, said a person who is familiar with the cursor table. It is not clear if Openai approached the cursor on an acquisition.
In addition to what the sources have told Bloomberg, there are some more clues that something is happening between the two companies. A couple of days ago, Windsurf users received an e -mail that said that due to an announcement at the end of this week, they have the opportunity to block access to the coding editor at $ 10 per month.
And Kevin Weil, Chief Product Openi, also published a video yesterday praising Windsurf’s skills.
Windsurf, the company previously known as Codeiium, has been in negotiations to raise new funds with an evaluation of $ 2.85 billion led by Kleiner Perkins, according to February Techcrunch. The company has reached about $ 40 million in annual recurrent revenues (ARC), according to our reports. That revenue execution rate is much lower than that of the cursor, which according to what reported $ 200 million on an arr. The cursor was in negotiations to collect capital with an evaluation of about $ 10 billion, Bloomberg reported last month.
Since its foundation in 2021 of Varun Mohan and his childhood friend and graduation companion of Mit, Douglas Chen, Windsuf has collected $ 243 million from investors including Greenoaks Capital and General Catalyst, according to PitchBook data.
Further reports by Sarah Perez
