Three Weeks After Acquiring Windsurf, Cognition Offers Staff the Exit Door

Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door

Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.

Cognition Lays Off 30 Newly-Acquired Windsurf Employees, Offers Buyouts To 200 Others

The drama at Windsurf, which had started off with a near-acquisition by OpenAI and ended with an acquisition by Cognition Labs, isn’t yet... The post Cognition Lays Off 30 Newly-Acquired Windsurf Employees, Offers Buyouts To 200 Others appeared first on OfficeChai.

Cognition Offers 9-Month Buyouts to Windsurf Staff Post-Acquisition

In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence startups, Cognition’s recent acquisition of Windsurf has taken a dramatic turn, with the company now offering voluntary buyouts to the approximately 200 employees it inherited from the deal. This move, detailed in an internal email, provides nine months of salary to those who choose to depart, signaling a strategic pivot amid integration challenges. The buyouts come just three weeks after Cognit…