Windsurf fire-sale fallout: every deal deep in the red, employees offered buyouts
thedealdirector · x · 2026-10-01
A new post revisits Cognition's July '25 fire-sale acquisition of Windsurf, claiming every deal was deep in the red on margin, prompting a famous buyout offer to all newly acquired employees a year after the failed product's GTM team of 'playbook reps' was absorbed — with alleged leaks of critical company info since.
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