In a stunning reversal, Google DeepMind acquires Windsurf’s top talent just weeks after OpenAI’s $3B deal collapsed over IP ...

The "acqui-hire" strategy is on fire in this battle among tech titans seeking AI dominance and a Goliath just beat David ...

OpenAI’s $3B bid to acquire Windsurf collapsed after talks stalled, clearing the path for Google to license its AI coding ...

In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf ...

The move is the culmination of a turbulent period for Windsurf, and indicates that agentic IDEs have become a new ...

Cognition CEO Scott Wu and interim Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang said they would start by integrating the AI-powered engineer Devin ...

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 hired Windsurf’s core team and licensed its AI tech for $2.4B to support agentic coding in DeepMind’s Gemini project.

Artificial intelligence (AI) coding startup Windsurf announced Monday that it was being acquired by Cognition, an AI peer ...

In one of the largest acqui-hires to date, Meta last month recruited Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, along with members of ...

OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf deal falls through as Google DeepMind picks up key talent and tech in a non-exclusive agreement.

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