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

Questions swirled about Windsurf's future after Google's surprise deal. Now, Windsurf will have a new owner.

Artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. has agreed to buy what remains of Windsurf for an undisclosed sum days after Alphabet Inc.’s Google struck a $2.4 billion deal for Windsurf’s top talent and licensing rights.