Google has joined Silicon Valley’s scramble to scoop up artificial intelligence engineers, hiring the leaders of Windsurf, a startup that developed an AI-powered computer programming tool, in a $2.4 billion deal.

The move, which became public Friday, was the latest example of how tech companies are waging battles to suck up AI talent. The deal deepens Google’s bench of AI engineers while also scoring it a point against OpenAI, one of its biggest challengers in the field.