Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door
Just weeks after snapping up rival Windsurf, AI coding startup Cognition laid off 30 employees and dangled buyouts—nine months’ pay—to its remaining 200. Those who stay face six-day office weeks and 80-plus hour schedules. Once touted for its “world-class people,” Cognition now seems more interested in Windsurf’s IP than its talent.
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