Cognition acquires Windsurf after OpenAI deal collapses and Google acquihires founders
Windsurf's ownership split three ways in one week: OpenAI's reported $3B acquisition collapsed on 2025-07-11, Google paid ~$2.4B to hire founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen into DeepMind the same day, and on 2025-07-14 Cognition (maker of Devin) acquired the remaining company — product, brand, IP, ~$82M ARR, 350+ enterprise customers and a ~250-person team. Pricing was unchanged short-term; Windsurf has since been folded into Devin Desktop.
Days after OpenAI's reported $3B acquisition collapsed (2025-07-11) and Google paid ~$2.4B to hire founders Mohan and Chen into DeepMind, Cognition (maker of Devin) acquired the remaining Windsurf — IP, product, brand, ~$82M ARR, 350+ enterprise customers and a ~250-person team. Pricing structure unchanged short-term.