Windsurf Joins Forces With Cognition To Reinvest The Future Of Software Development
Cognition has recently signed an agreement to acquire Windsurf. The agreement entails the acquisition of Windsurf IP, product, trademark and strong business brand.
Following Google's hiring of Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chan and other senior employees, Cognition has acquired the remaining assets of Windsurf
Cognition, makers of Devin was co-founded in November, 2023 by CEO Scott Wu and Steven Hao.
Cognition will be integrating Devin with Windsurf technologies for developers. Developers will be enabled to plan task in an IDE powered by Devin codebase.
In a LinkedIn post, Jeff Wang, Windsurf Head of Business stated that the last 72 hours have been the wildest rollercoaster ride of his career and he is beyond thrilled to share that Windsurf is joining forces with Cognition, the legendary team behind Devin, to reinvent the future of software development.
He added that Windsurf has built the leading in-IDE agentic experience, and Cognition has pioneered the leading autonomous software agent.
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