'This breaks the Silicon Valley social contract:' The whipsawing of Windsurf employees has left a bitter taste in tech

• 05/21/2025, 5:02 AM
• businessinsider.com

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Windsurf's path to a $3 billion acquisition by OpenAI looked like a startup fairytale — until the deal fell through, setting off a whirlwind of last-minute negotiations that left employees grappling with uncertainty, and a company split in two.