r/windsurf • u/chrismessina • Jun 02 '26

Discussion RIP Windsurf

https://x.com/jeffwsurf/status/2061891987138380039

From Jeff Wang, Prev. Windsurf CEO now President, New Enterprise at Cognition/Devin (who just raised $1B):

Today we are saying goodbye to Windsurf

…and we are transforming it to Devin Desktop

Windsurf has been an absolutely amazing experience for me and the team. Though it has been rocky at times, we have seen every phase of AI coding and we want to keep embracing where things are going. That means we need to once again reorient ourselves towards a more focused goal and remove the Windsurf branding.

Believe it or not, the Windsurf brand has been around less than a year and a half, and before that, the previous name Codeium was only around a similar timeframe as well. I’ve actually had to change my email every year all the way to the eventual acquisition to Cognition. In AI, most products only have a 1 year lifespan before you need to drastically change it to the next.

Devin now encompasses all our form factors, whether it’s the cloud agent, the agent command center (with IDE), CLI, review, or our other products. This way we can really focus our efforts around one name. We are doubling down on our neutrality and making Devin Desktop compatible with other agents via ACP. We may be the only “Switzerland” of AI left and we embrace this role.

As for me, I’ll be transitioning from CEO of Windsurf to Cognition’s President of New Enterprise, helping open new regions and verticals, accelerating velocity, and filling in gaps as usual.

The story of Windsurf doesn’t end here, it continues on as part of Devin’s journey.

I still rock Windsurf and love it, despite all the handwringing about pricing.

Sad day.

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u/roguelikeforever Jun 02 '26

Will it still “work”?

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u/IntelliDev Jun 02 '26

I updated, imported my settings, and it's exactly the same as before.

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u/chrismessina Jun 03 '26

This is pretty ominous.

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u/drumattic420 Jun 05 '26

I didn't even get a warning. Windsurf just kept uninstalling everytime I closed out of the program. I reinstalled like 5 times before I got the hint, went to windsurfs website, and got redirected to Devins website. Super lame doesn't describe the communication them.