We Don't Believe in Work-Life Balance
17 days ago
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- #startup-acquisition
- #AI-technology
- Cognition acquired Windsurf's IP, product, and staff in July.
- Windsurf employees must choose between a 9-month salary buyout or working 80-hour weeks.
- Cognition CEO Scott Wu defends the company's extreme performance culture.
- Google hired Windsurf's CEO and key team members in a $2.4 billion deal.
- Windsurf's AI code editor has over a million users worldwide.
- Cognition's AI software engineer can autonomously interact via Slack and GitHub.
- Cognition became a unicorn after a March funding round, valued at $4 billion.