# OpenAI buys Windsurf, Google retains its lead, and where the hell is Apple?

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/openai-buys-windsurf-google-retains-its-lead-and-where-the-hell-is-apple/195811>\
**Category:** In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, apple, google, openai\
**Created:** [20 April 2025 15:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/openai-buys-windsurf-google-retains-its-lead-and-where-the-hell-is-apple/195811 "2025-04-20T15:50:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [20 April 2025 15:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/openai-buys-windsurf-google-retains-its-lead-and-where-the-hell-is-apple/195811/1 "2025-04-20T15:50:15Z")

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> $3 billion seems high to me. Google is on a warpath. And Apple shoots itself in the foot, twice.

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> **[Tech things: OpenAI buys Windsurf, Google retains its lead, and where the...](https://theahura.substack.com/p/tech-things-openai-buys-windsurf)**
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> $3 billion seems high to me. Google is on a warpath. And Apple shoots itself in the foot, twice.

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**Author:** ![dani](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/dani/32/6675_2.png) [@dani](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [21 April 2025 06:01 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/openai-buys-windsurf-google-retains-its-lead-and-where-the-hell-is-apple/195811/2 "2025-04-21T06:01:21Z")

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Seems a lot of other companies are catching up and even getting ahead of OpenAI, that’s why they made this acquisition