{"id":65661,"date":"2025-07-14T19:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65661\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:31:11","slug":"cognition-maker-of-the-ai-coding-agent-devin-acquires-windsurf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65661\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cognition<\/a>, the startup behind the viral AI coding agent Devin<\/a>, announced in a blog post<\/a> on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding startup<\/a> Windsurf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The announcement comes just days after Google hired away Windsurf\u2019s CEO<\/a> Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and research leaders in a $2.4 billion deal, a reverse-acquihire that left the rest of the startup\u2019s 250-person team behind. Google\u2019s deal occurred just hours after OpenAI\u2019s $3 billion offer to acquire Windsurf expired, clearing the way for the AI coding startup to explore other options.<\/p>\n

The frenzy to acquire Windsurf represents a new peak in the insane race to develop AI coding products.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last 72 hours have been the wildest rollercoaster ride of my career,\u201d said Jeff Wang, Windsurf\u2019s former head of business, who was made interim CEO of the startup days ago after Google hired the startup\u2019s leaders, in a post<\/a> on LinkedIn. \u201cTo our new teammates at Cognition:\u00a0we at Windsurf feel incredibly lucky to be joining a team that shares our vision, our deep commitment to our users, and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 our values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cognition says it\u2019s acquiring Windsurf\u2019s IP and product, which include its AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE), alongside all of the employees who were not hired by Google.<\/p>\n

Cognition did not announce the price it acquired Windsurf for; however, the company says Windsurf reached $82 million in annualized recurring revenue (ARR), with enterprise ARR doubling quarter-over-quarter. Cognition says Windsurf\u2019s user base reached at least 350 enterprise customers and \u201chundreds of thousands\u201d of daily active users.<\/p>\n

Windsurf\u2019s team will focus on building out Devin, Cognition\u2019s AI coding agent, in the intermediate term, the company said in a press release. Eventually, Cognition says it will integrate Windsurf\u2019s IP and capabilities into its own products.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, The Information reported that Windsurf employees who had joined in the last year did not receive a payout in Google\u2019s billion-dollar reverse-acquihire<\/a>. Cognition notes in its blog post that 100% of Windsurf employees will participate financially in this deal, and have vesting cliffs waived for their work to date.<\/p>\n

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