Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

šŸ•°ļø The Oral History of Windsurf (ft. Varun Mohan, Scott Wu, Jeff Wang, Kevin Hou, Anshul R)


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This is a recap episode that ends with a short fresh interview on the future of Windsurf + Cognition with Jeff Wang and Scott Wu at the end.

As the story of Windsurf as an independent company has come to a dramatic close with Google and Cognition, we’re taking this opportunity to look back at our coverage of Windsurf over the last 3 years. Here’s a brief timeline with related links.

  • Jun 2021 - Exafunction founded

  • Oct 2022 - Codeium pivot https://windsurf.com/blog/beta-launch-announcement

  • Dec 2022 - ā€œCopilot for Xā€ https://www.latent.space/p/what-building-copilot-for-x-really

  • Mar 2023 - Codeium first episode, LS episode 2 https://www.latent.space/p/varun-mohan

  • July 2023 - ā€œHow to Make AI UX Your Moat" ****https://www.latent.space/p/ai-ux-moat

  • Mar 2024 - Cognition Devin launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjHtjT7GO1c

  • Jun 2024 - Scott @ AI Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7NWjoD_OuY

  • Jun 2024 - Kevin @ AI Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuZXbinJ4Uc

  • Nov 2024 - ā€œEnterprise Infra Nativeā€ https://www.latent.space/p/enterprise

  • Nov 2024 - Windsurf launch, LS Episode https://www.latent.space/p/windsurf

  • Mar 2025 - Kevin Hou @ AI Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNNvWq6dKo

  • Jun 2025 - Scott @ AI Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI83buT_23o

  • Jun 2025 - Kevin Hou @ AI Engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVuNPL5QO8Q

  • Jul 2025 - Jeff + Scott, CogSurf Episode ← new one, released here.

We hope this serves as food for thought for students of history, and a reintroduction to the Latent Space extended universe and backlog, for those of you who are new. Welcome!

Timestamps

[00:02:07] Mar 2024 Codeium @ LS
[00:52:36] Mar 2024 Devin Launch Video
[00:54:28] Jun 2024 Codeium @ AIE SF
[01:12:14] Jun 2024 Cognition @ AIE SF
[01:30:53] Nov 2024 Windsurf Launch Video
[01:37:16] Nov 2024 Windsurf Launch @ LS
[02:43:10] Feb 2025 Windsurf @ AIE NYC
[03:03:27] Jun 2025 Cognition @ AIE SF
[03:18:50] June 2025 Windsurf @ AIE SF
[03:34:23] July 2025 - Cognition + Windsurf

Chapters
  • 00:00:00 Mar 2024 Codeium @ LS
  • 00:52:36 Mar 2024 Devin Launch Video
  • 00:54:28 Jun 2024 Codeium @ AIE SF
  • 01:12:14 Jun 2024 Cognition @ AIE SF
  • 01:30:53 Nov 2024 Windsurf Launch Video
  • 01:37:16 Nov 2024 Windsurf Launch @ LS
  • 02:43:10 Feb 2025 Windsurf @ AIE NYC
  • 03:03:27 Jun 2025 Cognition @ AIE SF
  • 03:18:50 June 2025 Windsurf @ AIE SF
  • 03:34:23 July 2025 - Cognition + Windsurf
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