Mon. 07/14 – Google Snatches Windsurf From OpenAI

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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