[aleph_minus_one]

> Microsoft currently has access to all of OpenAI’s IP, according to their agreement. [...] OpenAI doesn’t want Microsoft to have access to Windsurf’s intellectual property.

Why does OpenAI then buy Windsurf if such an agreement is in place?

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I can't tell if that line came from the unnamed sources or is just the journalist's understanding, but it seems pretty clear to me that OpenAI did not spend $3B for the source code of an IDE. They wanted the employees and customers to kickstart a shift to an enterprise product focus, which doesn't sit well with MSFT (who entered into a partnership with what they believed was a research lab that would supply things they could upsell in github and office365).

[frosting1337]

One theory is it's Sam Altman's way of wresting control away from the non-profit through diluting the shares.

It's not like he hasn't done such things before.

[browningstreet]

Sama seems disinclined to follow the straight and true. Apparently he can’t get what he wants without re-routing his partner’s buy-in buttons. Could he have founded OpenAI without all this drama? Was there no way to raise the money he needs without all the smoke and mirrors?

I’m a fan of the ChatGPT product but he feels like a David Mamet creation.

[ivape]

One way or another an AI company needs to offer coding tools, so something like this was going to happen no matter what.