Cognition Acquires Windsurf to Strengthen Its Vision for the Future of Software Engineering
Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the fast-growing agentic IDE company.
Created on July 14|Last edited on July 14
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Cognition has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the fast-growing agentic IDE company. Announced internally before public disclosure, the deal marks a significant move in the AI software engineering space. The acquisition includes Windsurf’s intellectual property, product line, branding, and a substantial enterprise customer base, but more notably, it brings in a deeply respected and experienced team across go-to-market, product, and engineering.
What Windsurf Brings to Cognition
Windsurf currently reports $82 million in annual recurring revenue and has seen enterprise revenue double quarter-over-quarter. Its IDE product, already integrated with the latest Claude models, is used by over 350 enterprise customers and hundreds of thousands of daily active users. Cognition now owns this entire product line and the trademark associated with it. The acquisition gives Cognition a broader product suite and further establishes it in the enterprise AI tooling market.
Strategic Fit With Devin and Future Integration
The near-term roadmap will keep Windsurf operating as-is, while longer-term plans include tight integration between Windsurf’s IDE and Devin, Cognition’s fully autonomous AI engineer. According to Cognition CEO Scott Wu, the goal is to accelerate the pace at which engineering teams can design and deploy software, effectively combining Devin’s AI capabilities with Windsurf’s development environment. The merged stack is expected to create a powerful toolchain for modern software development, with Devin already being considered a top contributor by enterprise teams.
Implications for the Future of Engineering
Wu framed the acquisition as part of a broader shift in engineering from manual implementation to high-level system design, likening the change to a transition from bricklaying to architecture. With Devin and Windsurf now under the same roof, Cognition appears positioned to shape that evolution. The combination of an autonomous AI engineer and a proven development platform may prove decisive in the race to redefine how software is written and delivered in enterprise environments.
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