Windsurf CEO & Co-Founder, Varun Mohan: AI's Biggest Acquisition to Date!
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Jun 2, 2025
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Varun Mohan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Windsurf, the leading AI-native IDE, which has over a million users and generates over 50% of all committed software across thousands of companies. Prior to Windsurf, Varun graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science from MIT and led a team at Nuro focused on large-scale deep learning infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
In Today’s Episode We Discuss:
When to Give Up vs When To Stick at It
“Never Fall in Love With Your Idea”
What Founders Get Wrong About Being First
What Would Windsurf Do If They Had Unlimited Resources
Will Lovable and Bolt Ultimately Compete with Windsurf and Cursor
The Product Development Rule That Breaks All Startup Rules
The Cold Truth About Moats in the AI Era
Remote vs. In-Person
Who Actually Counts as an Engineer in 5 Years?
Will Product Managers Even Exist in 2030?
Async Agents Are Coming But Most Will Fail & Why?
The Truth About Agent-Only Workflows
The One Area of Engineering That AI Will Eat Next
What Cursor Got Right (That Windsurf Didn’t)
Are LLM APIs Already Commoditized?
Should Model Companies Own the App Layer?
What Does Varun Want to be Remembered For?
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