Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door(techcrunch.com)

9 pointsby ABS11 mesi fa3 comments

Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/05/three-weeks-after-acquiring-windsurf-cognition-offers-staff-the-exit-door/

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My thoughts about last few weeks from final Vibeathon until today.

Windsurf Paradox: When Acquisition Looks Like Extraction

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/windsurf-paradox-when-acquisi...

Havoc11 mesi fa

What sort of deep IP would windsurf have that isn’t employee knowledge?

The name I guess. And what else?

Doesn’t seem like a particularly patent heavy area. Just know how. And that they kicked out?

gmerc11 mesi fa

If your main product is "Devin" maybe the windsurf prompt can save you