The cutthroat recruitment efforts to land the smartest minds in Silicon Valley have hit a feverish new peak in recent days.

In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf after the company’s cofounders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen and other staff ...

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

Google has hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan and several top R&D staff in a $2.4 billion licensing and compensation deal, ...

Hundreds of employees at one of Silicon Valley’s hottest AI start-ups gathered in their offices last Friday expecting a celebratory announcement.

Explore Cognition AI’s acquisition of Windsurf and its impact on AI, software development, and employee ownership in the tech ...

Nowhere has that power struggle played out more dramatically than inside Windsurf, a fast-growing AI company that had, until ...

Google infuses $2.4B into AI coding, appointing Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan to lead the initiative aiming to revolutionize ...

In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to ...

Google's strategic acquisition of Windsurf leaders strengthens its AI coding efforts amidst intense competition for top ...

In a stunning reversal, Google has hired Windsurf's CEO and key talent, collapsing OpenAI's planned $3B acquisition and ...