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AI Coding Tools Showdown: Cursor vs Windsurf vs Copilot vs Devin
Competition among AI coding tools reached fever pitch in 2026. Four leading products each have strengths — how should developers choose?
Windsurf
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Codeium's AI-native IDE with the built-in Cascade multi-step reasoning engine, supporting whole-codebase understanding and autonomous edits.
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Windsurf Changes Hands Three Times in 72 Hours: OpenAI Out, Google Pays $2.4B, Cognition Takes the Rest
In July 2025 Windsurf lived the wildest 72 hours in startup history: after the OpenAI deal collapsed, Google paid $2.4B for the founders and Cognition bought whatever was left.
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