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Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf

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502 points alazsengul | 4 comments | 14 Jul 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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1. 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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2. 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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3. xnx ◴[14 Jul 25 18:37 UTC] No.44563710[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.
4. brulard ◴[14 Jul 25 20:37 UTC] No.44564957[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?