Mon. 07/14 – Google Snatches Windsurf From OpenAI
Jul 14, 2025•18 min
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Summary
Google snatched an AI talent acquisition from under OpenAI. SpaceX is making a significant investment in Elon Musk's xAI as it seeks a massive new valuation. A Google executive hinted at a potential merger between ChromeOS and Android. A Chinese AI startup released a powerful new model that challenges incumbents, and new data shows YouTube has surpassed Netflix in US TV viewing share.Episode description
Google snatched the Windsurf acquisition out from under OpenAI in a big new acquihire. SpaceX is investing in xAI. ChromeOS and Android to merge, but for real this time? Was there a new sort of DeepSeek moment over the weekend? And example number 74 of how YouTube is now the king of video entertainment.
Links:
- Google to Pay $2.4 Billion for Windsurf Staff, IP After Startup Ends OpenAI Talks (The Information)
- Google Is Said to Pay $2.4 Billion for Windsurf Assets, Talent (Bloomberg)
- An OpenAI Acquisition Turns Into a Google 'Hackqusition'... (Spyglass)
- Elon Musk’s xAI seeks up to $200bn valuation in next fundraising (Financial Times)
- SpaceX to Invest $2 Billion Into Elon Musk’s xAI (WSJ)
- Google exec: ‘We’re going to be combining ChromeOS and Android’ (The Verge)
- 'I think you see the future first on Android' – Google's Android leader Sameer Samat (TechRadar)
- Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 outperforms GPT-4 in key benchmarks — and it’s free (VentureBeat)
- Eight Things We’ve Learned About Hollywood This Year (Bloomberg)
- The Streaming Wars Come Down to 2: YouTube vs. Netflix (NYTimes)
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