VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.

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 ...

The latest sign that the AI talent wars are heating up? An early Windsurf engineer said Google's job offer came with a lit ...

The whipsawing of Windsurf employees and the unusual cleaving of the company into separate parts have left a bitter taste in ...

Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and some members of the coding tool's research and development team will join Google's DeepMind AI division.

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

The acquihire-on-steroids trend is unique to this tech boom, and could have big implications for current and future AI ...

Cognition swiftly snapped up the remnants of Windsurf. The deal highlights the essential role of data in AI advancement.

Key Windsurf figures, including CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen, will join Google DeepMind to focus on agentic coding.

AI startup Cognition on Monday said it’s acquiring Windsurf in a deal that will include the coding company’s IP and user base ...

Windsurf had a wild weekend earlier this month. A deal with OpenAI fell apart. Google then poached its CEO. 48 hours later, ...

The person familiar with the deal says Google is paying $2.4 billion in licensing fees and for compensation. "We're excited to welcome some top AI coding talent from Windsurf's team to Google ...