The winners: -> Cognition. As far as I know, they are paying an incredibly reduced price to deepen their tech and expand into a notable customer base -> Windsurf ex CEO: Most likely got more from Google hiring than he would have from the OpenAI acquisition
The losers: -> OpenAI: this would have really helped strengthen their enterprise set of packages and credibility. Adoption up there is still UBER slow. -> Equity holding windsurf employees: sorry guys. I know a bunch of you, and you've been incredible partners. Hopefully the future is still bright for what you're building.
I don't really get this. Didn't Google just announce they're licensing the Windsurf tech (in addition to stealing founders)? Did Cognition buy the company that has the licensing deal? Or something else?
Let me explain. Windsurf the company is an extraordinary asset. It was missing its founders and research team, but it has a beloved product, valuable IP, an incredible business ($82M ARR with enterprise growth doubling quarter-over-quarter), known brand, and most importantly: a world-class team in every function—GTM, enterprise engineering, and much more.
With today’s news, we’re adding all that firepower to Cognition to deliver the most complete AI coding solution in the market. And we’re doing so in a way that treats the team with the value and respect that they deserve.
And here’s what’s also ours:
- all improvements we build on top of Windsurf’s IP from here
- all Windsurf training data
- all Windsurf trademark and brand assets
The meme over the weekend was “Is Windsurf now an empty shell?” The opposite is true, and we’re going to be even stronger together. Today is a huge win for Windsurf and Devin customers everywhere.
To be honest, I just want to see what will change and do not speculate on the acquisition.
I've been using Windsurf for long time and as a developer it offered me all that I needed and when the AI got allucinated, I just started to build the thing myself without wasting any time.
IMO as long as the price stays the same and we will not be forced in a new pricing model or app, I'm just fine with that.
Google’s deal is for Widnsurf’s CEO which I imagine opened the door to be acquired by another company, but also Google had a non-exclusive license for their tech, which is more important now than ever if they’re so sought after.
Crazy time to be in tech!
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@theanimeshs Yeah, everyone thought it was Google
Atlas
The winners:
-> Cognition. As far as I know, they are paying an incredibly reduced price to deepen their tech and expand into a notable customer base
-> Windsurf ex CEO: Most likely got more from Google hiring than he would have from the OpenAI acquisition
The losers:
-> OpenAI: this would have really helped strengthen their enterprise set of packages and credibility. Adoption up there is still UBER slow.
-> Equity holding windsurf employees: sorry guys. I know a bunch of you, and you've been incredible partners. Hopefully the future is still bright for what you're building.
Product Hunt
I don't really get this. Didn't Google just announce they're licensing the Windsurf tech (in addition to stealing founders)? Did Cognition buy the company that has the licensing deal? Or something else?
And also, just wow.
@steveb I think Google just acquired the talent, didn't take any stakes in the company or IP. I could be wrong though..
Product Hunt
President of Cognition just posted on X clearing up a bit of this:
That's wild from indie project to acquisition in no time. Life really does come at you fast.
To be honest, I just want to see what will change and do not speculate on the acquisition.
I've been using Windsurf for long time and as a developer it offered me all that I needed and when the AI got allucinated, I just started to build the thing myself without wasting any time.
IMO as long as the price stays the same and we will not be forced in a new pricing model or app, I'm just fine with that.
Visla