Those job offers flying left and right in the heat of the AI talent wars? They sometimes have a lit fuse attached. Prem Qu Nair, an early software engineer at Windsurf, said Google gave him an ...

The market for AI coding tools has completely changed in a matter of days when Windsurf announced that it had been bought by Cognition. Windsurf, which was once in an 3 billion dollars acquisition ...

Google's unusual deal with Windsurf has left some with a bitter taste in Silicon Valley. Some Windsurf investors have also been critical of the deal. More deals like this could be on the horizon, ...

With a $2.4 billion agreement to license technology and hire top talent from AI coding startup Windsurf, Google has stepped up its efforts to dominate artificial intelligence. Varun Mohan, the CEO and ...

Windsurf faces acquisition by Cognition AI. This follows a collapsed deal with OpenAI. Google hired Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen. Google DeepMind also secured a license to ...

Artificial intelligence startup Cognition AI on Monday agreed to acquire Windsurf, an integrated development environment platform, strengthening its position in the rapidly evolving enterprise ...

There’s been a big shake-up in the world of AI startups. Just days after Google struck a major deal with Windsurf, another player, Cognition AI, has announced it is acquiring the rest of the company.

Artificial intelligence company Cognition Labs announced on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding assistant Windsurf. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) ...

Windsurf is an AI-powered developer tool that enables users to build full-stack applications using natural language prompts. They compete with Cursor and recently had a bunch of buyout offer drama.

The move is the culmination of a turbulent period for Windsurf, and indicates that agentic IDEs have become a new battleground. AI builders are starving for agentic integrated development environments ...

Windsurf’s acquisition by Cognition signals short-term stability. The move underscores the volatility of the AI coding space. Flexibility and diversification should be core parts of enterprise risk ...

Cognition plans to integrate Windsurf’s capabilities into its own products. Artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Cognition is acquiring Windsurf, just days after Google paid a hefty sum to license ...