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This AI Startup Just Told Its Staff to Leave With a Check If They Can’t Take the Heat
Employees who don’t agree to work 80 hour-plus weeks will receive nine months of pay to leave the company.
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Cognition, an AI software engineering startup, acquired another AI startup, vibe coding platform Windsurf, early last month after Google pulled off a $2.4 billion blockbuster deal that saw Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen, and members of Windsurf’s research and development team depart the startup to join Google’s sprawling DeepMind AI team.
Now Cognition is in the spotlight again, not for another unexpected twist and turn in the acquisition saga, but because its CEO has made a surprising offer to the remaining Windsurf staff. Scott Wu has said Windsurf workers can leave, under favorable financial conditions, if they want. Given the fierce tussle between tech giants over who gets to hire the top AI engineering talent, this sounds odd. But Wu explained it quite simply: Windsurf staff who stay on can expect to suffer through........
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