According to two people familiar with Openai discussions, it is about getting Windsurf, a computer programming tool for computer programming driven AI, for approximately $ 3 billion.
Acquisition could get thousands of new customers in the technology industry that quickly receives tools such as Windsurf that can immediately generate a computer code.
The potential agreement, which would be the largest acquisition of Openai, is part of the company’s efforts to expand what it can offer beyond its popular chatbot, Chatgpt. Last year, OPENAI ROCKSET, a start-up, has helped companies to build nuts and screws of large computer networks.
Last year, Windsurf, formerly known as Codeium, was awarded $ 1.25 billion last year, after a round of $ 150 million financing led by General Catalyst’s risk capital.
The agreement is not yet final, two people said about the state of anonymity. The interviews were reported earlier Bloomberg.
Openai already offers technology that can generate its own code. In fact, Windsurf relies on Openai technology – or similar systems from companies such as Google or Anthropic – to generate code.
About four years ago, scientists like Open and Google began design systems that analyzed a huge amount of text excluded from the Internet, including digital books, Wikipedia articles and cottage protocols. By determining these systems in all texts, these systems could generate separately, including poetry and newspaper articles.
To the surprise of the scientists who built these systems, they could even write their own computer code. Now programmers use these systems to generate code and composition into larger software development projects through various products, including Windsurf and Microsoft Copilot.
(The Times sued Openi and his partner Microsoft, who accused them of violating copyrights concerning the content of the AI -related report. Open and Microsoft have denied these claims.)
Building technology that the power supply of these coding tools is extremely expensive for companies as OpenIi and start-up is under pressure to increase revenue.
According to the financial documents of the reviewed New York Times, Oncei expects about $ 3.7 billion this year. Openi estimated that his income would reach $ 11.6 billion next year.
In March, Openi Openai completed $ 40 billion to raise funds, which appreciated the company for $ 300 billion, making it one of the most valuable private companies in the world, along with the Rocket Company SpaceX and Stattedance, the creator of Tiktok. The wheel was led by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank.
However, the agreement has a warning: Openi is trying to change its complicated corporate structure, and if it does not do so by the end of the year, SoftBank will have the opportunity to reduce its total allowance to $ 20 billion, the person who acquainted with the agreement said.
