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#acquihire case studies
2 sourced case studies tagged #acquihire. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Adept: $400M+ agent startup whose founders left for Amazon
- Windsurf: a $3B OpenAI deal collapsed, Google hired the founders, Cognition bought the rest
AI tools3 sources · 2 min
Adept: $400M+ agent startup whose founders left for Amazon
Adept raised over $415M to build AI agents that use software. In June 2024 its cofounders joined Amazon's AGI org and licensed tech to Amazon; investors were later made roughly whole.
ai-agentsacquihireventure-funded
Developer tools2 sources · 2 min
Windsurf: a $3B OpenAI deal collapsed, Google hired the founders, Cognition bought the rest
Windsurf's AI coding IDE reached $82M ARR. In July 2025 OpenAI's $3B offer expired, Google hired the CEO and research leads in a $2.4B deal, and Cognition acquired the product and remaining team within days.
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