Bay Area tech companies are battling to build popular, useful artificial intelligence — and the fight just ripped apart a ...

Cognition AI has acquired Windsurf after Google hired its CEO and top executives in a $2.4 billion deal, securing Windsurf’s product, team, and growing business.

Cognition AI has acquired what remains of AI coding startup Windsurf, including IP, staff, and assets. The deal follows Google’s hire of Windsurf’s co-founder and CEO, after a prior USD 3 billion ...

Initial community reactions were mixed but intrigued. Developers praised the emphasis on specs, hooks, and structure.

In one of the largest acqui-hires to date, Meta last month recruited Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, along with members of ...

The deal follows Google's $2.4 billion deal with Windsurf last week aimed at acquiring top talent and securing licensing ...

Cognition is acquiring Windsurf days after Google DeepMind hired its CEO and research leaders, and months after OpenAI ...

In a stunning twist, Cognition has acquired AI coding startup Windsurf just days after Google poached its CEO, collapsing ...

Alphabet Inc.'s Google closed out last week with a deal signaling to some analysts that the already heated war for artificial-intelligence talent is only getting hotter. It also underscored that there ...

Just days after Google hired acquired some of its top talent, AI coding editor maker Windsurf was acquired by Cognition.

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.