The latest releases of Cursor and Windsurf integrated development environments are vulnerable to more than 94 known and patched security issues in the Chromium browser and the V8 JavaScript engine. An ...

SPLASH! I’ve just landed in the water on a hot, breezy day at Snohomish County’s Lake Ballinger. I’m learning to windsurf, a sport that combines sailing and surfing — neither of which I’d ever done ...

Those job offers flying left and right in the heat of the AI talent wars? They sometimes have a lit fuse attached. Prem Qu Nair, an early software engineer at Windsurf, said Google gave him an ...

Google's unusual deal with Windsurf has left some with a bitter taste in Silicon Valley. Some Windsurf investors have also been critical of the deal. More deals like this could be on the horizon, ...

AI coding startup Windsurf had an epic weekend earlier this month. A deal with OpenAI fell apart. Google then poached its CEO. Just 48 hours later, they had a new deal. Windsurf's new CEO, Jeff Wang, ...

What happens when a $3 billion deal collapses in just 72 hours? For Windsurf, the AI coding assistant once hailed as a rising star in developer tools, the answer is a whirlwind of chaos, controversy, ...

There’s been a big shake-up in the world of AI startups. Just days after Google struck a major deal with Windsurf, another player, Cognition AI, has announced it is acquiring the rest of the company.

Artificial intelligence company Cognition Labs announced on Monday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AI coding assistant Windsurf. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) ...

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Windsurf is an AI-powered developer tool that enables users to build full-stack applications using natural language prompts. They compete with Cursor and recently had a bunch of buyout offer drama.

Google Spends $2.4B on Windsurf to Advance Its ‘Agentic Coding’ Your email has been sent Google has made headlines for initiating a deal with Windsurf for approximately $2.4 billion. But the deal, ...