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Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf

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502 points alazsengul | 8 comments | 14 Jul 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.915s | source | bottom
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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. guluarte ◴[14 Jul 25 18:39 UTC] No.44563723[source]▶
I'm also confused why Devin is worth billions
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2. 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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3. codingwagie ◴[14 Jul 25 19:07 UTC] No.44564058[source]▶
the founder went to harvard, is basically the answer
4. 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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5. koakuma-chan ◴[14 Jul 25 20:46 UTC] No.44565056[source]▶
Who decides for much a company is worth?
6. guluarte ◴[14 Jul 25 22:36 UTC] No.44566102[source]▶
That'll be cool only if Devin actually worked.
7. citizenpaul ◴[15 Jul 25 04:59 UTC] No.44567944[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.

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