On July 14, 2025, Cognition announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE. The acquisition includes Windsurf's IP, product, trademark, and brings the full Windsurf team to Cognition. Wilson Sonsini advised Windsurf on the transaction.

The Wilson Sonsini team was led by Ethan Lutske and Salil Gandhi​. The team also included the following:

Corporate
Cassie Wetzel
Ryan Cooper
Chris Philogene
Brett Schulman
Josh Bronstein

Technology Transactions
Barath Chari

Corporate - Delaware
Amy Simmerman
Ryan Greecher
Ryan Hart

Tax
Myra Sutanto Shen

Employee Benefits and Compensation
Matthew Norgard
Jason Chan
Laura Yun

Antitrust and Competition
Ben Labow
Kimberley Biagioli​

For more information, please see Cognition's blog post and LinkedIn announcement. Additional coverage can be found on Bloomberg and The New York Times.