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Coding startup Windsurf just survived a wild month, almost getting sold to OpenAI, its CEO and top talent decamping to Google ...
Once in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for $3 billion earlier this year, AI coding startup Windsurf announced it is now part ...
In the rush to gain the edge in AI, tech companies are poaching top talent and IP at hot AI startups, leaving them dismantled ...
The whipsawing of Windsurf employees and the unusual cleaving of the company into separate parts have left a bitter taste in Silicon Valley.
Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.
VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.
Cognition, a two-year-old artificial intelligence coding startup last valued at $4 billion, has offered buyouts to the ...
Cognition acquired Windsurf and offered its remaining 200 employees a choice between a buyout or working 80 hours a week, ...
OpenAI’s deal to buy Windsurf is off, and Google will instead hire Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, cofounder Douglas Chen, and some ...
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 Labs has offered buyouts to 200 former Windsurf employees and laid off 30 others, telling the rest to commit to six ...
Windsurf’s acquisition by Cognition signals short-term stability. The move underscores the volatility of the AI coding space. Flexibility and diversification should be core parts of enterprise ...