Is this kind of "acquisition" directly downstream of anti-trust concerns or am I missing something?

Today we’re thrilled to announce that @windsurf_ai  and Google have entered into an agreement to kick start the next phase of the company.

As part of the agreement, Varun, Douglas, and some members of our research team will join Google to continue pushing the frontier of AI

Jeff Wang

Is this kind of "acquisition" directly downstream of anti-trust concerns or am I missing something?

https://x.com/jeffwsurf/status/1943788545447174585

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"Anti-trust concerns" does not exist during this admin was my understanding. Seems like some people are theorizing Microsoft blocked this due to their OpenAI stake & Copilot.

had not seen this ty... that makes sense re the OpenAI + Windsurf acquisition. My OP was more about Google though, and "acquihiring" Windsurf vs outright acquiring them. I'd assume MS can't block that.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-windsurf-break-acquisition-talks-microsoft-ip-concerns

Isn't Google's antitrust case still ongoing tho? Haven't heard about the Microsoft theory but could be true ig