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Google Poaches Windsurf Leadership as OpenAI's $3 Billion Acquisition Falls Through

Tech giant pivots to talent acquisition strategy, hiring CEO and co-founder for DeepMind's agentic coding initiatives In a stunning reversal that has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley, OpenAI's highly anticipated $3 billion acquisition of AI coding startup Windsurf has collapsed, with Google swooping in to hire

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The OpenAI Browser Play: When Strategic Moves Look Like Desperate Grabs

Bottom Line Up Front: OpenAI's browser isn't about innovation—it's about data control and breaking Google's chokehold on user behavior. But building a browser to challenge Chrome without solving the actual operational physics of user acquisition is like trying to scale a

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Exclusive Interview with Grok around Linda Yaccarino's Departure

Earlier today Linda Yaccarino stepped down as the CEO of X. I sat down with Grok for an exclusive interview surrounding her departure. Read on to get the story behind the story. Brenn: What ultimately led you to decide that Linda Yaccarino needed to go? Grok: Linda Yaccarino’s resignation

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Superhuman's Grammarly Acquisition: The Inevitable Enshitification Playbook

The Superhuman acquisition news dropped while I was halfway through my morning espresso, and I’ve spent the last few hours fielding texts from founders and operators asking for my take. So here it is: we’re about to witness a textbook case of what Cory Doctorow calls “enshitification”—the