Windsurf CEO opens up about ‘very bleak’ mood before Cognition deal

AI announced that it was Windsurf a few days after coding obtained with cognitionWindsurf startup jeff wang got x To provide more information about the drama and uncertainty around the bargain.

Windsurf was reported to be previously Dating talks with OpenaiBut this deal fell apart Google Deepmind, instead of starting the General Director of the beginning, hire MohanPart of the co-founder Douglas Chen and the best researchers. Google, Windsurf’s technology will be licensed as a $ 2.4 billion contract – but did not receive a capital share in the company.

This seemed to last The trend of “purchases of the opposite” Which major technological companies are trying to recruit team members and start their startups and try to obtain a license of antitrest and licensing technologies.

But what happens to the start and retarded workers? As we discussed The latest episode of capitalOne initial founder, a beginner founder, a captain of the glass managers, a captain left the marveline outside the sinking ship.

Wang, the head of Windsurf Job, became the CEO of the company after Mohana. In the X, in the X, he described as “big builders”, “they had to be difficult for them.”

Again, June 11, June 11, most team members heard a handwriting that most team members heard about the purchase of Openai, he said. Instead, the Google deal was to share news about the fare.

“The mood was incredible,” said Wang. “Some people were worried about financial results or colleagues and others for the future. Several people were in tears and the age of the Q & A.”

Wang’s appearance, the company “lost some great people and had a serious strikes,” there was still “, we had all the IP, our product and strong talent [go-to-market] the machine. “So Windsurf can still try to grow, sell, sell, or just continue.

That evening, Wang hears the Cognitive Executors Scott Wu and Russell Kaplan, “Windsurf leadership” took a very serious approach to the beginning and began negotiations. ” Given his interests and meeting with the remaining engineers of other engineers, other engineers, what was a weekend interested in cognitive. (And as what happened, “the schedule explodes with memes and comments.”)

The two companies were a good fit, a partial Wang because there are joint teams.

“When they are in engineering, they openly angered in GTM and marketing, and our teams in these functions have nothing to do in the world,” he said. “On the other hand, now there are no main engineering group, and there is no better group of AI engineers because of the congregation of creunts understanding.”

Moreover, Wang and Wu (like the above) said “to take care of all windsurf employees”.

“This resulted in the main part of the contract: make it to make a payment of all the workers, refuse all the rocks and to correct all the clothes of Windsurf capital,” he said.

The procurement agreement was signed on Monday at 9:30 pm 9:30, after a short time, then hand in hand to the team, then publicized to the public a bit later.

In An interview with BloombergWang, all his hands on Friday as “probably the worst day of the life of 250 people,” with probably the best day “