Cognition AI, the San Francisco–based startup known for its autonomous coding agent Devin, has officially acquired Windsurf, an AI‑powered integrated development environment (IDE). The move comes after a whirlwind few days in which Windsurf saw its CEO ...

Bay Area tech companies are battling to build popular, useful artificial intelligence — and the fight just ripped apart a startup. Windsurf, an AI company based in Mountain View, began last week as a reported $3 billion acquisition target for OpenAI.

Hot on the heels of a leadership shakeup at Windsurf last week, Cognition announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Windsurf. The whiplash here explains at least some of last week's turmoil surrounding Google's hiring of top talent at Windsurf.

B deal with the artificial intelligence code generation tool company Windsurf for its licensing rights and talent will likely increase competition in the DevSecOps space. This could apply pressure on companies such as GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) and JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG),

Google's strategic acquisition of Windsurf leaders strengthens its AI coding efforts amidst intense competition for top talent.