2025-07-20
I don't know @jeffwsurf, but after reading this I already know he's a ‘blank check’ founder My twin brother is thinking about forgoing residency to start something & I just sent this to him as required reading to get a sense of the pace he'd need to move at to survive 👀
@jeffwsurf
Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang on what happened after co-founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen left for Google, and how Cognition's deal to acquire Windsurf unfolded
Based on The Pragmatic Engineer Survey: 3,000 respondents, mostly experienced devs. — Note how other vibe-coding tools are also not popular with this group: [image] Gergely Orosz...
2025-07-19
I don't know @jeffwsurf, but after reading this I already know he's a ‘blank check’ founder My twin brother is thinking about forgoing residency to start something & I just sent this to him as required reading to get a sense of the pace he'd need to move at to survive 👀
Bloomberg
Acquihire deals like Google's Windsurf deal are a wake-up call for AI startup employees left behind, creating new uncertainty over leadership and compensation
Big Tech's growing reliance on licensing deals to scoop up top talent from AI startups risks leaving many rank-and-file workers in limbo.