$BNB The planned acquisition of the rapidly growing AI startup Windsurf by OpenAI for $3 billion has fallen through, reports The Verge. Instead, Google DeepMind has hired many employees from Windsurf, including leader Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some leading researchers.

However, Google is not acquiring the startup itself and does not obtain its stake: the company merely bought a license for Windsurf's technologies and hired a top team. All of this cost the internet giant $2.4 billion.