The motivation behind this new browser, as Reuters points out, is to get more direct access to the user data that Google siphons off through Chrome. That data could serve a few purposes for OpenAI, particularly as a new well of training data for its AI models and as a source of revenue from targeted ads.

Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some members of the coding tool's research and development team will join Google's DeepMind AI division.