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The Prompt: Windsurf Acquisition Is The Latest Salvo In The Battle For AI Talent
In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf ...
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AI Talent Wars Heat Up As Cognition Scoops Up Windsurf After OpenAI Deal Falls Apart
In an unexpected turn of events, artificial intelligence startup Cognition announced this week that it is acquiring AI coding ...
AI coding tools are shifting to a surprising place: the terminal
For years, code-editing tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub’s Copilot have been the standard for AI-powered software ...
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Google hires Windsurf team in a bid to boost AI coding projects
Google hired Windsurf’s core team and licensed its AI tech for $2.4B to support agentic coding in DeepMind’s Gemini project.
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What Happened with Windsurf
Windsurf is an AI-powered developer tool that enables users to build full-stack applications using natural language prompts.
Remaining Windsurf team and tech acquired by Cognition, makers of Devin: ‘We’re friends with Anthropic again’
Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin ...
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 ...
Alphabet’s latest deal reveals the hottest area of AI right now
As the AI talent wars escalate, Google’s new arrangement with startup Windsurf shows tech companies see a lot of value in ...