Google wants its AI models to become bigger in coding. It has now hired the CEO of one of the top startups in that area.

Cognition AI has acquired Windsurf after Google hired its CEO and top executives in a $2.4 billion deal, securing Windsurf’s product, team, and growing business.

Google's strategic acquisition of Windsurf leaders strengthens its AI coding efforts amidst intense competition for top ...

Google hires Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan & co-founder Douglas Chen to lead its Gemini AI project, signalling a major move in the ...

OpenAI was in advanced talks to acquire Windsurf, cofounded by Mohan, one of the fastest-growing startups in software ...

Varun Mohan, a math prodigy turned MIT engineer, co-founded Windsurf, an AI startup revolutionizing software development.

After OpenAI’s $3 billion Windsurf deal collapsed, Google hired its CEO Varun Mohan and key staff. Now, Cognition has officially acquired Windsurf, continuing the talent wars dominating the AI world.

The tech giant has recruited several team members from the emerging AI infrastructure, Windsurf. Mohan, along with co-founder ...

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

Varun Mohan, MIT-educated co-founder of AI startup Windsurf, was hired by Google in a move that came after OpenAI’s reported ...

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

Mohan and the Windsurf team will focus on agentic coding initiatives at Google DeepMind, primarily working on the Gemini ...