Are AI Acquihires Screwing Up Startups?

The AI Daily Brief covers the delay of OpenAI's open model release due to safety concerns and potential competition from China's Kimi K2 model. It also discusses Hugging Face's successful pre-orders for its Reachy Mini robot, highlighting the growing interest in embodied AI. Additionally, Meta's acquisition of voice startup Play.ai is examined as part of Zuckerberg's focus on voice technology. The main topic is Google's acquihire of Windsurf, an AI coding assistant company, and the controversy surrounding the deal's impact on employees and the broader implications for startup acquisitions in the AI space, including concerns about talent wars and the changing dynamics of equity and compensation.