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AI Startup Cognition to Buy Windsurf After Google Licensing Deal
Artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. has agreed to buy what remains of Windsurf for an undisclosed sum ...
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Cognition to buy AI startup Windsurf days after Google poached CEO in $2.4 billion licensing deal
AI startup Cognition on Monday said it’s acquiring Windsurf in a deal that will include the coding company’s IP and user base ...
Google snatches Windsurf execs in a $2.4B deal, derailing OpenAI’s biggest acquisition yet
In a stunning reversal, Google DeepMind acquires Windsurf’s top talent just weeks after OpenAI’s $3B deal collapsed over IP ...
Cognition finalizes acquisition of Windsurf
Cognition said the deal structure eliminates existing vesting cliffs and provides accelerated vesting for current staff ...
Google Hires Windsurf CEO as AI Hiring Battle Intensifies
Google has hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and several top R&D staff in a $2.4 billion licensing and compensation deal, ...
Windsurf’s CEO goes to Google; OpenAI’s acquisition falls apart
As of Friday, Windsurf’s head of business, Jeff Wang, will take over as the startup’s interim CEO, he announced in a post on ...
Google hires Windsurf execs in $2.4 billion deal to advance AI coding ambitions
Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some members of the coding tool's research and development team will ...
Google deal with Windsurf applies pressure to GitLab, JFrog: BofA
B deal with the artificial intelligence code generation tool company Windsurf for its licensing rights and talent will likely ...