OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to Windsurf

justanotheratom · 2025-04-17T18:14:09 1744913649

Recently, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said,

"We have something called A-SWE, which is the Agentic Software Engineer. And this is where it starts to get really interesting because it’s not just about augmenting a developer, like a Copilot might do, but actually saying, ‘Hey, this thing can go off and build an app.’ It can do the pull request, it can do the QA, it can do the bug testing, it can write the documentation."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kzQM_BUe7E The relevant discussion about A-SWE begins around the 11:26 mark (686 seconds).

nopinsight · 2025-04-17T18:17:45 1744913865

OpenAI early investment in Cursor was a masterstroke. Acquiring Windsurf would be another.

Next advances in coding AI depend on real-world coding data, esp how pro developers use agentic AI for coding + other tasks.

CalmStorm · 2025-04-17T18:22:44 1744914164

I don’t quite understand why OpenAI would pay so much when there’s a solid open-source alternative like Cline. I tried both, and feel that Cline with DeepSeek v3 is comparable to Cursor and more cost-effective.

tristanb · 2025-04-17T18:19:24 1744913964

Oh man - I love Windsurf, but only use Claude in there. This doesn't sound like great news to me.

demarq · 2025-04-17T18:18:32 1744913912

If OpenAI buys windsurf I’m canceling my subscription immediately!

warthog · 2025-04-17T15:48:32 1744904912

i wonder what the price was. If it was around $20 Bn which OAI could have afforded and okay to ask by Cursor guys, tough decision not to sell here.

You are 25 yo and made $2.5 Bn in 4 years

lowkey_ · 2025-04-17T18:20:12 1744914012

Fair, but worth noting the founders almost certainly already have gotten fat secondaries, and now have a chance to build something much larger if they can execute.

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