Openai pursues the cursor manufacturer before starting talks to buy windsurfing for $ 3b

When news erupted that Openai is negotiating to acquire AI Coding Company Windsurfing for $ 3 billionOne of the first questions of the mind of anyone who follows the space was probably: “Why not buy Cursor Creator instead?”

After all, the OpenAi startup fund is an investor in Anysphere, the Cursor manufacturer, as the rapidly increasing encoding assistant circle At the end of 2023 (Anysphere is often mentioned by its product name, Cursor.) CNBC reportS The conversations failed. Instead of $ 10 billion estimatedBloomberg reported last month.

Openai’s desire to switch to discussions to acquire with another encoding assistant signal how important it is to capture a slice of the market for generating codes for the Chatgpt manufacturer. Windsurfing generates about $ 40 million annual recurrent revenue (ARR), TechCrunch reported in February. Meanwhile, according to ARYSPHERE CURSOR reports, Arr based on ARR.

While the OPENAI CLI CLI “Agent” which the company WednesdayHe can also write and edit code, his attempt to buy windsurfing suggests that the company does not want to wait for CLI to gain grip with customers.