<ul><li>OpenAI is set to acquire AI-powered developer platform Windsurf for $3 billion, aimed at enhancing AI-driven coding assistants competition.</li><li>Windsurf, previously known as Exafunction, was founded in 2021 and has gained over 800,000 developer users and 1,000 enterprises as customers.</li><li>Windsurf offers flexibility in selecting large language models (LLMs) for code writing, including OpenAI's GPT-4o and Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet.</li><li>Concerns arise on whether OpenAI will restrict users to its model families post-acquisition, potentially impacting Windsurf's user base and developer community.</li></ul>

Report: OpenAI is buying AI-powered developer platform Windsurf — what happens to its support for rival LLMs?

Discover more