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The “coding of atmospheres” is a term of the moment, because it refers to a more accepted use of AI and invites in natural language for the completion of the basic code.
OPENAI Seeking to embark on the movement – and to have more the full coding experience – because it looks at an acquisition of $ 3 billion in Windsurfing (formerly codeium). If the agreement materializes, it would be the most expensive acquisition of Openai to date.
The news comes from the release by the company of O3 and O4-Mini, which are capable of “thinking with images”, or more intuitively understanding sketches and low-quality diagrams. This development follows the launch of the family of GPT-4.1 models. The IA company, no one can stop talking, also recently collected a financing cycle of $ 40 billion.
The observers and initiates of the industry have been scary from the potential agreement, because it could not only make OpenAi an actor in the industry even greater than it is already, but also accelerating the cultural adoption of the mood coding.
“Windsurf could change the situation for Openai, because this is one of the tools that the developers are running,” said Lisa Martin, director of research at The Futurum groupsaid Venturebeat. “This agreement could consolidate Openai as a developer’s best friend.”
A bet on the coding of the atmosphere?
AI assisted coding is not a new Concept by a long shOT, but “ambient coding” – a term invented by the co -founder of Openai Andrej Karpathy – is a relatively new approach, because it takes advantage of generative AI and natural language prompts to automate coding tasks.
This is compared to other AI coding assistants and code-free and low-code tools that use visual drain elements to drop and slide. The coding of atmospheres consists in incorporating AI into end -to -end development workflows, with intention rather than the manual coding of timers.
The Windsurfing is among the best tools in space, with the cursor, the repection, the adorable, the bolt, the soothsayer and the void. The company published Wave 6 earlier this month, which aims to fight against the Turplings of Workflow.
“Windsurf has loaded the construction of truly native development tools, helping developers accelerate delivery without compromising experience,” said Mitchell Johnson, Director of Product Development in the Software Society Society Sonat type. “Like the first open source, it started as” Tech Outlaw Tech “- but it quickly becomes fundamental.”
Andrew Hill, CEO and co-founder of Crowdsource AI Agent Platform Remindersaid the potential acquisition is “a bet on the atmosphere coding as the future of software development”. Windsurfing has quick feedback loops, good default values and “just the right rocking” for people with the right intuition to guide AI to solve their problems. It is also an environment designed for co-creation.
“Leave the coding to be exceeded by rereading, Claude, Cursor, Windsurf – What is the next step?” Said Hill, calling Vibe Coding a “unlocking productivity”. “The best agents will be built by humans who can vibrate a hundred ideas in a weekend.”
Openai having more battery
Others note that if Openai acquires Winsurf, he indicates a clear decision to have more the complete coding experience rather than simply providing the underlying models.
“Windsurf has focused on workflows centered on developers, not just the generation of gross code, which aligns with the growing need for contextual and collaborative coding tools,” said Kaveh Vahdat, Observer of the AI industry and founder of Rissed And Riseopp.
Arvind Rongala, CEO of Corporate Training Services Company Edstellarcalled it more a power movement than a software intake. With an ambient coding, developers want “expressive, intuitive and almost collaborative environments, rather than simple text editors”.
With Windsurf, Openai would have direct access to the next generation of code creation and sharing, he noted, the plan being vertical integration. “The intelligence layer already belongs to Openai. He now wants the canvas. ”
Openai has a huge power not only what is developed, but also how it is built, said Ringala, because it has the creative tools that developers use for hours every day. “It is not a question of moving the market share of Relit or GitHub,” he said. “Released such platforms is the goal.”
A strategy movement or a race?
Vahdat underlined that an acquisition of Windsurfs would put Openai in more direct competition with Github Copilot and Amazon Codewhisperrer, which are both supported by giants of the platform.
“The real value here is not only in the tool itself, but in the distribution and behavior data of the users who accompany it,” he said. “This type of insight is strategically important to improve large -scale AI coding systems.”
This decision is particularly interesting because it could position OPENAI more directly against Microsoft, even if the two are closely partners via tools like Github Copilot, noted Brian Jackson, main research director at Info-Tech research group.
An agreement would support “the wider OpenAi strategy to go beyond simple cat interactions and become a tool that helps users take real measures and automate daily work flows,” he said.
However, the Johnson de Sonatype noted, what happens if Windsurf becomes closely coupled with the Openai ecosystem? Developers benefit the most when the tools can be integrated freely into AI models that meet their needs – whether GPT, Claude or Open Source.
“If the property limits this flexibility, it could introduce a locking form of suppliers that slows down the momentum that the Windsurf has helped to create,” he said.
Certain Critics Openai, on the other hand, see it as a desperate decision. Matt Murphy, associate with Menlo VenturesCalled Anthropic Superior to Coding, and the company has the best models and the strongest partnerships.
“The Openai movement here looks like a race to fill the gap-but it may alienate key allies and still does not solve the main problem: Claude is the best model,” he posed.
