Jeff Wang, Windsurf’s former head of business, who was made interim CEO, said that “The last 72 hours have been the wildest rollercoaster ride of my career.” He also added, “To our new teammates at Cognition: we at Windsurf feel incredibly lucky to be joining a team that shares our vision, our deep commitment to our users, and — most importantly — our values.”.
Cognition also mentioned that it acquired Windsurf’s IP and product, which includes its AI-powered IDE, alongside all of the employees who were not hired by Google. Cognition did not, however, reach $82 million in ARR, with enterprise ARR doubling quarter-over-quarter.
Also worth mentioning is the fact that Windsurf’s team will continue working on its AI-powered IDE while Cognition works on its AI coding agent, Devin. Eventually, Cognition also said that it will integrate Windsurf’s IP and capabilities into its own products.
Even more so, The Information has reported that Windsurf employees who joined in the last year did not receive a payout in Google’s billion-dollar reserve-acquihire. Influencing many users on social media to scoff at the deal that seemed to largely benefit investors and leaders at the startup.
Cognition president Russell Kaplan also indicated in a post on X that the Windsurf acquisition came together over the weekend, just hours after the Google Deal was made public.
Cognition also notes in one of their blog posts that 100% of Windsurf employees will participate in this deal and have vesting cliffs waived for their work to date.
More so, Cognition was one of the first companies from the AI industry that fully fledged AI coding agent, Devin, which did not just help with tasks but also promised to automate them completely as if it were a junior software engineer.
