AI coding startup Cognition acquired fellow AI startup Windsurf's intellectual property, product, and staff last month in a deal with an undisclosed price. According to an internal email viewed by the outlet, Windsurf employees have until August 10 to decide to stay or take the buyout. "We routinely are at the office through the weekend and do some of our best work late into the night," Wu wrote in the post. The startup was initially in talks with OpenAI for a $3 billion acquisition, but the deal fell apart in early July. Related: Google Swoops in to Make a $2.4 Billion Deal With a Startup Previously Promised to OpenAIWindsurf, which claims that its AI code editor is "the most powerful way to code with AI," has more than a million worldwide users.