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Home » OpenAI to Acquire AI Coding Tool Windsurf for $3 Billion in Expansion Move

OpenAI to Acquire AI Coding Tool Windsurf for $3 Billion in Expansion Move

Joan Aimuengheuwa by Joan Aimuengheuwa
May 6, 2025
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OpenAI to Acquire AI Coding Tool Windsurf
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OpenAI is on the verge of acquiring Windsurf, an artificial intelligence tool designed to assist with coding, in a deal valued at around $3 billion. 

If finalised, this acquisition would be OpenAI’s largest purchase to date, enhancing its competitiveness in AI-driven development tools.

While the deal has yet to close, sources familiar with the negotiations state that it represents a well-thought move by OpenAI to enhance its coding capabilities, particularly for ChatGPT. 

The company has steadily improved this feature across its various iterations, and this acquisition will likely further bolster its offerings, placing OpenAI at the fore in the expanding market.

Windsurf, which was previously known as Codeium, develops software that aids developers in writing, debugging, and optimising code using natural language prompts. 

The company has garnered attention from investors like General Catalyst and Kleiner Perkins, who were exploring a funding round that valued the startup at $3 billion. This aligns with the reported value of the deal between OpenAI and Windsurf.

The software development sector is seeing a surge in demand for AI-powered productivity tools, with Windsurf riding the wave of this growth. With competition increasing, especially with other companies like GitHub Copilot offering similar tools, OpenAI is looking to secure its position by acquiring cutting-edge technologies.

This development follows a series of strategic acquisitions by OpenAI, including the purchase of Rockset, a search and analytics firm, which helped the company bolster its enterprise services. 

OpenAI’s expansion has been supported by significant user engagement, with its weekly active users growing rapidly. However, as the company projects a $28 billion operating cost by 2025, it is under pressure to diversify its revenue streams and strengthen its financial model.

In line with these ambitions, OpenAI is reportedly planning to raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round, aiming to increase its valuation to $300 billion.

The increasing interest in AI tools for software development, including investments in startups like Anysphere, shows the important role of generative AI in transforming how developers work.

The coding assistant market is expected to experience significant growth, with its value projected to rise from $4.3 billion in 2023 to $12.6 billion by 2028. With such rapid expansion, companies across the tech industry are vying for a piece of the pie, and OpenAI’s latest acquisition is an indicator of its long-term vision in this space.

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