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: 00:00 Intro 01:28 When to Give Up vs When To Stick at It 03:33 “Never Fall in Love With Your Idea” 07:42 What Founders Get Wrong About Being First 11:10 What Would Windsurf Do If They Had Unlimited Resources 14:40 Will Lovable and Bolt Ultimately Compete with Windsurf and Cursor 17:31 The Product Development Rule That Breaks All Startup Rules 20:26 The Cold Truth About Moats in the AI Era 25:20 Remote vs. In-Person 31:59 Who Actually Counts as an Engineer in 5 Years? 33:54 Will Product Managers Even Exist in 2030? 37:10 Async Agents Are Coming B...