←back to thread

Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf

(cognition.ai)
502 points alazsengul | 4 comments | 14 Jul 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.286s | source
1. seatac76 ◴[14 Jul 25 18:30 UTC] No.44563620[source]▶
I hope Windsurf employees made some money in this whole kerfuffle. Would be terrible if they got left out of the payday.
replies(2): >>44563640 #>>44563681 #
2. xnx ◴[14 Jul 25 18:32 UTC] No.44563640[source]▶
The ones that went to Google did! I don't know if the remaining employees are getting anything out of this acquisition.
3. bradly ◴[14 Jul 25 18:35 UTC] No.44563681[source]▶
Very clearly called out in the article:

  > To that end, Jeff and I worked together to ensure that every single employee is treated with respect and well taken care of in this transaction. Specifically:
  >    100% of Windsurf employees will participate financially in this deal
  >    100% of Windsurf employees will have vesting cliffs waived for their work to date
  >    100% of Windsurf employees will receive fully accelerated vesting for their work to date
replies(1): >>44564699 #
4. asadotzler ◴[14 Jul 25 20:11 UTC] No.44564699[source]▶
Not clearly called out. That call out is as clear as mud. We have no idea how much if any money the left behind employees will get and it's almost certainly far less than they would have got if their execs had held out for a deal that benefited everyone instead of their selfish and damaging to the entire startup ecosystem deal with Google.