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In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf ...
Google hired Windsurf’s core team and licensed its AI tech for $2.4B to support agentic coding in DeepMind’s Gemini project.
But today, I want to talk about coding assistants. While a lot of people debate the return on investment from generative AI, ...
After OpenAI’s failed bid, Windsurf's leadership joined Google, while Cognition Labs acquired the startup in a strategic AI ...
How OpenAI's $3B Windsurf deal was sabotaged by Anthropic and vetoed by Microsoft, leading to a Google poach and a final ...
Cognition AI acquires WindSurf to strengthen its AI engineer Devin, adding talent and tech to boost autonomous software ...
Last Thursday, more than 40 researchers and engineers at Windsurf, a startup that has developed an artificial intelligence–powered coding tool, began gathering at a hotel in Mountain View, Calif., ...
Windsurf faces acquisition by Cognition AI. This follows a collapsed deal with OpenAI. Google hired Windsurf's CEO Varun ...
Cognition and Windsurf are both backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. While Windsurf is also backed by General Catalyst and ...
Bay Area tech companies are battling to build popular, useful artificial intelligence — and the fight just ripped apart a ...
After OpenAI’s $3 billion Windsurf deal collapsed, Google hired its CEO Varun Mohan and key staff. Now, Cognition has officially acquired Windsurf, continuing the talent wars dominating the AI world.
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 ...