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Google hires Windsurf team in a bid to boost AI coding projects
Google hired Windsurf’s core team and licensed its AI tech for $2.4B to support agentic coding in DeepMind’s Gemini project.
Cognition will buy AI coding startup Windsurf, which is losing its leadership to Google
Questions swirled about Windsurf's future after Google's surprise deal. Now, Windsurf will have a new owner.
72 Hours After Google Poached Its Founder, Windsurf Is Now Being Acquired by Cognition
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.
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Windsurf Is Now Part of Cognition But Will It Still Be the Tool You Signed Up For?
Hot on the heels of a leadership shakeup at Windsurf last week, Cognition announced today it has signed an agreement to ...
Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’
Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin into Windsurf ...
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Windsurf Whiplash: Inside 96-hours of Frantic AI Dealmaking
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., ...
Why and how Microsoft may have 'killed' OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition of WindSurf
OpenAI's $3 billion deal to acquire AI coding startup Windsurf collapsed due to Microsoft tensions over intellectual property ...
Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates
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.