Windsurf AI engineer says he ditched Google DeepMind offer and joined Cognition after losing 99% of payout
There’s a lot of drama going on in Silicon Valley around AI talent. Meta has been actively poaching leading AI engineers, while Google also acqui-hired Windsurf’s top talent. But the Windsurf deal has been rather controversial so far with many people claiming that it led some people in Windsurf making great money whereas as other…