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Cognition added roughly $80M in run-rate revenue in six to eight months
“Yeah, look, I don't want to get into exact numbers, but even with the windsurf deal aside, like not including that at all, we are basically, we've done roughly that as well in the last six to eight months.”
Scott Wu Jul 18, 2025 ▶ 27:28 Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Lemkin: Cognition memo stated Windsurf had $82 million ARR
“The memo that Cognition sent to his employees was that they're buying an eighty-two million dollar AR business, ok?”
Jason Lemkin Jul 17, 2025 ▶ 1:26 Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Cognition negotiated and signed the Windsurf acquisition over a single weekend
“Get, get to a verbal agreement on Saturday, hash out all the details and the terms and the legal on Sunday, get everything signed and done on Monday morning.”
Scott Wu Jul 18, 2025 ▶ 6:05 Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Cognition initiated cold outreach to acquire Windsurf on a Friday night
“We reached out cold Friday evening and our first conversation was Friday night.”
Scott Wu Jul 18, 2025 ▶ 2:04 Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Cognition learned of Windsurf's Google deal at the same time as the public
“We found out, honestly, on Friday, the same time everyone else did, that all of this was happening, and that this was the split, and that it was Google”
Scott Wu Jul 18, 2025 ▶ 1:20 Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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O'Driscoll: Cognition acquired Windsurf with $82M revenue and $100M cash
“Stupendously good optics plus eighty two million of revenue plus a hundred million in cash plus great injury. They win.”
Rory O'Driscoll Jul 17, 2025 ▶ 23:51 Windsurf x Google x Cognition: Full Breakdown: Who Made Money, Who Did Not · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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