OpenAI deal for Windsurf falls apart
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The move is the culmination of a turbulent period for Windsurf, and indicates that agentic IDEs have become a new battleground.
Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin into Windsurf.
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.
In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf after the company’s cofounders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen and other staff members were poached by Google DeepMind for $2.
Questions swirled about Windsurf's future after Google's surprise deal. Now, Windsurf will have a new owner.
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Lifewire on MSNWindsurf 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 acquire Windsurf. The whiplash here explains at least some of last week's turmoil surrounding Google's hiring of top talent at Windsurf.