The founders of Windsurf, an AI startup, left the company for Google Deepmind just after a deal to sell it to OpenAI fell through.

Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.

The whipsawing of Windsurf employees and the unusual cleaving of the company into separate parts have left a bitter taste in Silicon Valley.

Cognition acquired Windsurf and offered its remaining 200 employees a choice between a buyout or working 80 hours a week, ...

This is due to the high costs of using large language models (LLMs), the person explained. AI coding assistants are ...

OpenAI’s deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, cofounder Douglas Chen, and some ...

The acquisition brought roughly 200 Windsurf employees under Cognition's control, and those employees have been given a ...

Coding startup Windsurf just survived a wild month, almost getting sold to OpenAI, its CEO and top talent decamping to Google ...

Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some members of the coding tool's research and development team will join Google's DeepMind AI division.

“Windsurf’s expertise could have supported OpenAI’s evolution toward more autonomous development capabilities.” For Google, the acquisition accelerates its AI coding ambitions significantly.

OpenAI is reportedly acquiring Windsurf, an AI-powered coding assistant, for approximately $3 billion. The acquisition comes just months after Windsurf explored funding at this same valuation from ...