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Kruthesh Rabi

LinkedIn
Joined Cognition
Jul 2025
How they joined
With Windsurf
Status
Current
Overlapped before Cognition
Sources1linkedin.com2techcrunch.com

Autumn profile

Researched with Autumn · 2026-11-04
Details
LocationChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Company sitewindsurf.com
UniversityVel Tech HighTech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College
DesignCommunicationEngineeringProblem SolvingProject ManagementResearch
Notes
  • Joined Windsurf in March 2025, about four months before Cognition signed its definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf (2025-07-14). That timing means the move to Cognition came through the acquisition, not a direct Cognition hire.Jul 14, 2025
  • LinkedIn lists a single role, Associate at Windsurf, starting March 2025; no earlier employer, internship, desk, lab or team is listed.Mar 2025
  • On 2026-06-02 Cognition renamed Windsurf to Devin Desktop as part of folding its products under the Devin brand. The product Kruthesh's employer built now ships under the Devin name, but their LinkedIn still lists 'Windsurf'.Jun 2, 2026
  • The deal came days after Google hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen and research leaders in a $2.4B reverse-acquihire that left much of the 250-person team behind. Kruthesh was part of the team Cognition took on.Jul 14, 2025
  • Public headline says "Student at Vel Tech HighTech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College".
  • Windsurf began in 2021 as Exafunction (Varun Mohan, Douglas Chen), became Codeium in 2022, was renamed Windsurf in late 2024 and had raised about $243M by February 2025. Kruthesh joined in March 2025, right after that funding peak and just before the Google/Cognition split.Mar 2025
  • Holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Vel Tech HighTech Dr. Rangarajan Dr. Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai (2019-2023). This is a non-CS background for someone at an AI coding company. The profile does not confirm that.2023
  • Education history includes Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Vel Tech HighTech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College.
  • Location is Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

People they worked with before

Aakash MahalingamCodeium (Windsurf)Brian SmitchesCodeium (Windsurf)Chris DiazCodeium (Windsurf)Gina WangCodeium (Windsurf)Graham MorenoCodeium (Windsurf)Hannah Miller-JonesCodeium (Windsurf)Jacob AddingtonCodeium (Windsurf)Jeff WangCodeium (Windsurf)Jia WuCodeium (Windsurf)Marcel SchwagerCodeium (Windsurf)Mark JabbourCodeium (Windsurf)Matt BerglandCodeium (Windsurf)

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