Cognition is acquiring Windsurf days after Google DeepMind hired its CEO and research leaders, and months after OpenAI ...

In one of the largest acqui-hires to date, Meta last month recruited Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, along with members of his team, to join a newly formed A.I. group. The move followed Meta’s ...

Alphabet Inc.'s Google closed out last week with a deal signaling to some analysts that the already heated war for artificial-intelligence talent is only getting hotter. It also underscored that there ...

It's been a wild ride for vibe-coding platform Windsurf. Google poached its founder and top talent, and now it's being bought by Cognition.

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

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

Google has hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and key team members, following a $2.4B tech licensing ...

In a stunning reversal, Google DeepMind acquires Windsurf’s top talent just weeks after OpenAI’s $3B deal collapsed over IP ...

OpenAI’s $3B Windsurf deal falls through as Google DeepMind picks up key talent and tech in a non-exclusive agreement.

OpenAI is the world's leading AI startup. For how long will depend on how well it fends off multi-front attacks from ...

OpenAI’s discussions to buy Windsurf, the maker of a popular artificial intelligence coding assistant formerly known as Codeium, have ended. Instead, Google will hire Windsurf’s CEO, Varun Mohan, and ...

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