AI初创公司Windsurf近期经历了一系列动荡。公司创始人Varun Mohan和Douglas Chen在与OpenAI的30亿美元收购协议破裂后，转投Google DeepMind，此举引发了投资人Vinod Khosla的强烈批评。Khosla认为创始人抛弃团队、未与团队分享收益的行为是不可取的，并表示今后不会与此类创始人合作。Windsurf的现任CEO Jeff Wang则在描述创始人离职后的团队情绪时，也承认了创始人的不易，并赞扬了他们的贡献，但整体事件凸显了创业公司在融资和团队管理方面面临的复杂挑战。

💰 **创始人职业道德争议**: AI创业公司Windsurf的两位创始人Varun Mohan和Douglas Chen在公司与OpenAI的收购交易失败后，选择加入Google DeepMind，此举被投资人Vinod Khosla批评为“抛弃团队”，并表示不会再与此类创始人合作，强调了创业者对团队的责任感。

🤝 **收购协议的突然终止与团队影响**: Windsurf与OpenAI高达30亿美元的收购协议意外破裂，紧接着创始人离职，给公司剩余团队带来了巨大的不确定性和负面情绪。新任CEO Jeff Wang描述当时团队“士气低落”，部分员工“流泪”，显示了创始人决策对团队士气的严重冲击。

⚖️ **风投大佬的价值观与创业契约**: 传奇风投Vinod Khosla的评论引发了关于创业者“与公司共存亡”契约的讨论。Khosla认为，即使在巨额利益面前，创始人也应考虑团队利益，甚至在个人获益后，也应考虑回馈团队，这反映了其对创业者职业操守的严格要求。

🚀 **新团队的迅速重组与挑战**: 在创始人离职后，Windsurf的剩余团队迅速与另一家AI公司Cognition达成了新的交易。新CEO Jeff Wang在肯定创始人曾为公司的付出之余，也强调了当前团队的韧性，但整个过程暴露了AI初创公司在快速变化的市场中，以及在处理创始人离职等突发事件时的脆弱性。

AI startup Windsurf has had a whirlwind few weeks.Its founders, Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen, left for Google just after a deal with OpenAI fell apart.Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla said the founders left the Windsurf team "behind."

The founders of Windsurf, the now much talked about AI startup, are having a roller coaster couple of weeks.

Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen nearly struck a deal to sell the company to OpenAI for $3 billion before it suddenly fell through.

Then, the two decamped to Google DeepMind, leaving the rest of the company scrambling. Windsurf's remaining executives struck a deal with another AI startup, Cognition, the following weekend, which its new CEO, Jeff Wang, described as "crazy."

Now, legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has weighed in on the drama, criticizing the founders' decision to leave. Khosla Ventures is an investor in Cognition.

"Windsurf and others are really bad examples of founders leaving their teams behind and not even sharing the proceeds with their team," Khosla said in an X post. "I definitely would not work with their founders next time."

Khosla's remarks were in response to a clip from "The Twenty Minute VC" podcast featuring Cognition founder Scott Wu, who said, "There's an unspoken covenant that as a founder, you go down with the ship."

"And I think that, for better or worse, it's changed a bit over the last year, and I think it's a bit disappointing to be honest," Wu said.

One X user suggested Khosla's response was hypocritical, prompting him to expand further on Sunday.

"Absolutely not hypocritical about it. I would not work with the WeWork founder either! Working without trust is a sure way to be unhappy," Khosla said on X.

"I honestly asked myself if I made $1b on this 'deal', would I accept it and be quiet or fight for the rest of the team? Or give part of my money to the rest of the team? Hard to say without being in the situation but I feel I'd definitely fight for those left behind," he added.

Khosla, Mohan, and Chen did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Wang, who previously served as head of business at Windsurf, recounted on X on Saturday his experience informing the Windsurf staff that not only had the OpenAI deal fallen through, but its two cofounders had left.

"The mood was very bleak," Wang wrote. "Some people were upset about financial outcomes or colleagues leaving, while others were worried about the future. A few were in tears."

Still, Wang praised Mohan and Chen. He said they were "great founders and this company meant a lot to them, and it should be acknowledged that this whole situation must have been difficult for them as well."