Cursor, the artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant valued at $29 billion, has acquired code review startup Graphite to address what Cursor CEO Michael Truell describes as a growing bottleneck in software development. The companies declined to disclose financial terms but confirmed the transaction involves a mix of cash and equity. While AI has dramatically accelerated […]
Anthropic Acquires Bun to Accelerate AI Coding Tools
Anthropic says it has acquired Bun, a high-performance JavaScript toolkit, to turbocharge its artificial intelligence (AI) coding capabilities — further underscoring a significant push into developer tooling as it scales Claude Code, its code-generation platform. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Anthropic emphasized that Bun will remain open source and MIT-licensed. The […]
Survey Surfaces Impact AI Coding Tools Are Having on DevOps Workflows
A survey of 206 IT leaders and executives finds that, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) coding tools, more application development teams are devoting more time to reviewing rather than writing code. Conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) on behalf of Perforce, the survey finds 57% of developers now spend more time on code […]
Anthropic Launches Claude Sonnet 4.5: Built for Production Coding and Extended Autonomous Work
Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 sets a new bar for coding, agentic tasks, and computer use, with 30+ hours of autonomous operation. Early adopters report major gains in accuracy, security, and long-horizon development. With new tools and SDKs, Sonnet 4.5 marks the shift from AI as assistant to AI as a true engineering teammate.
GitHub CEO To Step Down As Company Is More Tightly Embraced by Microsoft’s CoreAI Team
Thomas Dohmke, CEO of Microsoft Corp.-owned GitHub, said on Monday he’s stepping down and will leave the company at the end of 2025 to become “a founder again,” signaling a major shakeup in how the artificial intelligence (AI) coding unit is run. Since Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, it has operated as […]
R Systems Picks Anysphere to Build AI Coding Practice Around Cursor
R Systems International Limited, a global systems integrator, this week revealed it is building a coding practice based on Cursor, an artificial intelligence (AI) coding tool developed by Anysphere.
Cognition AI to Acquire Windsurf After Google Licensing Deal
Cognition AI late Monday emerged as the likely owner of Windsurf, the hotly contested artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup that drew months-long interest from OpenAI before striking a licensing deal with Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Cognition said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf for an undisclosed sum, capping a whirlwind, stormy few days […]
OpenAI’s $3 Billion Deal to Buy Windsurf Unravels, Google Nabs Company Execs, Licensing Rights
OpenAI’s $3 billion bid to buy artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Windsurf crumbled late Friday, and rival Alphabet Inc.’s Google quickly picked up the pieces: The search engine giant said it has struck a deal to acquire top Windsurf executives and licensing rights to some Windsurf technology. Google announced the hiring of Windsurf CEO Varun […]
Apple’s DiffuCode: Why Non-Linear Code Generation Could Transform Development Workflows
Apple’s quiet release of DiffuCode-7B-cpGRPO on Hugging Face represents more than just another coding model; it signals a fundamental shift in how AI systems approach code generation.
Google Adds Gemini CLI to AI Coding Portfolio
The beauty of Gemini CLI lies in its approach to solving a common developer pain point: The constant context switching between development environments and AI assistance.