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Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf

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502 points alazsengul | 1 comments | 14 Jul 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.226s | source
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akavi ◴[14 Jul 25 18:11 UTC] No.44563370[source]▶
Is this purely the rump company left over from the Google pseudo-acquistion? Or does this mean that deal fell through?

Does this represent confirmation that there was no pro-rata compensation to common share holders in the Google deal?

I just have so many questions.

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xnx ◴[14 Jul 25 18:29 UTC] No.44563594[source]▶
And what is Google "paying $2.4 billion in license fees" to use Windsurf's technology for, and to who? Does Windsurf have any technology?
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mattlondon ◴[14 Jul 25 18:39 UTC] No.44563736[source]▶
I suspect it is more a "licence" for the things in the staff's heads for those who were poached.
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1. whamlastxmas ◴[15 Jul 25 04:25 UTC] No.44567813[source]▶
And this highlights why intellectual property is really gross to me