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A Windsurf AI engineer says Google gave him a job offer that would 'explode same day.' He ultimately went a 'different direction.'

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 ...
Entrepreneur

‘We Don’t Believe in Work-Life Balance’: A Newly Acquired Startup Just Offered Its 200-Person Team a Choice — Work Weekends or Take a Buyout

AI coding startup Cognition bought competitor Windsurf less than a month ago. Cognition is offering the 200-person team buyouts amounting to nine months’ salary — or stay and work 80-hour weeks.
CNBC

Cognition valued at $10.2 billion two months after Windsurf purchase

Cognition said it closed a $400 million funding round at a valuation of $10.2 billion. The startup is the creator of an artificial intelligence software engineer called Devin. In July, Cognition ...
AOL

A Windsurf AI engineer says Google gave him a job offer that would 'explode same day.' He ultimately went a 'different direction.'

The competition over AI talent in Silicon Valley shows no signs of slowing down. A software engineer at Windsurf said Google approached him with a "same day" exploding offer. The engineer ultimately ...