Google Hires Varun Mohan—Windsurf CEO And Its Top AI Researchers After $3 Billion OpenAI Deal Was Called Off.

Obison Erudite trending news featuring Windsurf logo, Google DeepMind logo, and a message of Google making move to acquire it's CEO and top AI researchers

Windsurf, formerly Codeium is a platform that provides AI coding assistant and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for developers. It was co-founder in June 2021 by Varun Mohan (CEO)  and Douglas Chan.


On May 6, 2025, OpenAI has agreed to acquire windsurf for approximately $3 billion.


However, on Friday July 11, 2025, the deal talk was officially called off. Google moves quickly to hire Varun Mohan—Windsurf CEO and few others of its top AI researchers to join Google DeepMind team.


Windsurf co-founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chan in a statement to Business Insider expressed their excitement to joining Google DeepMind team with some others of Windsurf team.


Windsurf remains independent with Google not acquiring any stake but only receives non-exclusive license to certain Windsurf technologies.


Jeff Wang who have been the Head of Business since May, 2023, has been appointed interim CEO of Windsurf while Graham Moreno who have been the vice-president, worldwide Go-To-Market (GTM) of Windsurf since February, 2024, has been promoted to president.

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