this reminds me when early on in Github Copilot journey when people were asking "what if it accidentally reproduces GPL code and I get sued" and Microsoft said they'll cover the legal costs for anyone using Github Copilot.
The big players (Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia) don't want ai startups failing. In fact they are terrified of that. Can you imagine the market shock if windsurf just went under in 1 year. How fearful all investors would be? How the whole market is gonna react? We are told that AI is basically a money printer. If you release a product for $20/month and a couple of months later other companies (with much better margins by definition) release competitor for $250 then $300 then $400 something is clearly not adding up even among the higher numbers.
The big players (Google, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia) don't want ai startups failing. In fact they are terrified of that. Can you imagine the market shock if windsurf just went under in 1 year. How fearful all investors would be? How the whole market is gonna react? We are told that AI is basically a money printer. If you release a product for $20/month and a couple of months later other companies (with much better margins by definition) release competitor for $250 then $300 then $400 something is clearly not adding up even among the higher numbers.