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Questions swirled about Windsurf's future after Google's surprise deal. Now, Windsurf will have a new owner.
It's been a wild ride for vibe-coding platform Windsurf. Google poached its founder and top talent, and now it's being bought by Cognition.
Cognition, the company behind AI coding agent Devin, has announced its acquisition of Windsurf, following Google's hiring of key Windsurf personnel.
Cognition is acquiring Windsurf days after Google DeepMind hired its CEO and research leaders, and months after OpenAI ...
Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and several top engineers are heading to Google DeepMind; their mission: ...
The deal follows Google's $2.4 billion deal with Windsurf last week aimed at acquiring top talent and securing licensing ...
The acquisition caps off a "really volatile" period for the AI coding startup, which saw its CEO depart for Google last week.
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
Google has hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and several top R&D staff in a $2.4 billion licensing and compensation deal, ...
AI startup Cognition on Monday said it’s acquiring Windsurf in a deal that will include the coding company’s IP and user base ...
Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin into Windsurf ...
Coding assistant company Cognition has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining staff and assets of Windsurf, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. All ...