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    Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf

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    502 points alazsengul | 13 comments | 14 Jul 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.02s | source | bottom
    1. isodev ◴[14 Jul 25 18:29 UTC] No.44563600[source]▶
    I’m really confused now. Also, is there really that much of a transformative difference between Windsurf and say OpenAI/Claude etc to warrant this crazy valuations?
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    2. xnx ◴[14 Jul 25 18:31 UTC] No.44563631[source]▶
    > crazy valuations

    I haven't seen anything to indicate what was paid for what's left of Windsurf.

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    3. isodev ◴[14 Jul 25 18:34 UTC] No.44563663[source]▶
    I was also referring to the $2.5B Google paid. I can’t imagine what could possibly be the value they’re hoping to get
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    4. xnx ◴[14 Jul 25 18:37 UTC] No.44563710{3}[source]▶
    I'd love to learn more about that arrangement. Maybe Google's terms indicated that the "licensing fees" portion of "$2.4 billion in licensing fees and for compensation" are void if Windsurf gets acquired.
    5. guluarte ◴[14 Jul 25 18:39 UTC] No.44563723[source]▶
    I'm also confused why Devin is worth billions
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    6. yoyohello13 ◴[14 Jul 25 18:57 UTC] No.44563960[source]▶
    For real. According to the marketing material. Couldn’t Devon just whip up a windsurf competitor in minutes?
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    7. codingwagie ◴[14 Jul 25 19:07 UTC] No.44564058[source]▶
    the founder went to harvard, is basically the answer
    8. anticensor ◴[14 Jul 25 20:25 UTC] No.44564855[source]▶
    Devin's whole business model is predicated upon replacing programmers with minimum wage AI agents.
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    9. brulard ◴[14 Jul 25 20:37 UTC] No.44564957{3}[source]▶
    They got the top talent from there with the technology and they can continue on that or be used for other AI projects, right?
    10. koakuma-chan ◴[14 Jul 25 20:46 UTC] No.44565056[source]▶
    Who decides for much a company is worth?
    11. guluarte ◴[14 Jul 25 22:36 UTC] No.44566102{3}[source]▶
    That'll be cool only if Devin actually worked.
    12. citizenpaul ◴[15 Jul 25 04:59 UTC] No.44567944{3}[source]▶
    That the generally unspoken business model for all ai products. How can we get rid of these annoying humans.

    Reminds me of of some quip where a doctor says to a resident. Yeah this job would be so cool if it wasn't for all these sick people.

    13. iamleppert ◴[15 Jul 25 13:13 UTC] No.44570795{3}[source]▶
    They are hiring software engineers! Just look at the careers page! hahahaha