# Lahari Gangineni

AI Support Engineering Lead at Cognition (Devin / Windsurf); ex-Windsurf (Codeium) via 2025 acquisition  
Cognition  
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

## At Cognition

- Role: AI Support Engineering Lead (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Aug 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: SDE Intern, Lemnisk
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Microsoft (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Current public LinkedIn headline reads 'Support Eng @ Cognition', confirming the Windsurf support role carried over into Cognition after the 2025 acquisition. (https://in.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Joined Windsurf (then Codeium) as AI Support Engineer in August 2024, straight out of BITS Pilani Hyderabad, and was promoted to AI Support Engineering Lead in September 2025, about two months after Cognition agreed to acquire Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Current role is AI Support Engineering Lead at Windsurf; the profile current-job fields identify both title and company. (linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Posted user-facing incident updates under the name 'Lahari Gangineni (Codeium)', e.g. acknowledging that flex credits were not appearing in accounts after purchase, as quoted by a r/Codeium user during a Windsurf outage thread. (https://www.reddit.com/r/Codeium/comments/1hb8c3h/windsurf_is_down/)
- Named alongside Windsurf's Matt Bergland and Vignesh Murugan as the Windsurf team behind the Windsurf x The AI Collective Open Build in Bengaluru (20+ builders, 300+ signups, hosted at Lifesight). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/avinashharidas_theaicollective-openbuild-bengaluru-activity-7368244066024628224-Sbl5)
- Credited as part of the Windsurf team (with Gowri Shankar Nagarajan, Prashant Pahade, Tushar Mehta tagged) behind Windsurf's first hackathon in India, held at Antler India's Bangalore office with ~100 builders and ~45 projects. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dravisha_we-recently-hosted-windsurfs-first-hackathon-activity-7332678008857645057-y8Zy)
- Public headline says "Windsurf | CS @ BITS Pilani". (linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Joined the first Windsurf Hyderabad Meetup remotely to answer audience questions, per organizer Jayant Acharya, who also thanked Matt Bergland and Akanksha Gundeti; she acts as the support/technical voice at Windsurf community events in India. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jayantacharya_windsurf-hyderabad-techcommunity-activity-7387133154400198656-iXci)
- SDE Intern at Lemnisk (customer data platform / marketing tech) from July to December 2023, her only industry engineering role before Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Long-running member of the Journal Club, BITS Pilani Hyderabad (Core Committee Dec 2020-Jun 2022, Secretary Jun 2022-Jun 2023), the campus student journalism body; this writing and interviewing background lines up with a later customer-facing support career. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Selected as a mentee for Microsoft Engage'22 (May-June 2022), where she built a Python attendance tracker using face recognition with OpenCV and Django. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Tagged in Tech Funding News' post on Cognition raising over $2B at a $48B valuation, alongside other Cognition employees. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tech-funding-news_devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-activity-7503436060958392320-KMq3)
- Summer intern at Indian Red Cross Society Karnataka (June-July 2022), building a backend interface to store registration-fee data for the Youth Red Cross Wing. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Previous roles include AI Support Engineering Lead at Windsurf; AI Support Engineer at Windsurf; SDE Intern at Lemnisk; Secretary at Journal Club; Summer Intern at Indian Red Cross Society Karnataka; Microsoft Engage'22 at Microsoft; Core Committee Member at Journal Club; the experience history lists these employers and titles. (linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Education history includes Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus; the education section lists these schools and credentials. (linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Studied BE Computer Science at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (2020-2024), ID 2020A7PS1312H; listed among students receiving a merit tuition fee waiver in BITS NAAC records for 2020-21. (https://ikac.bits-pilani.ac.in/NAAC-SSR-CYCLE-4/Criteria-5/5.1.1/PGHD_A1/Hyd/2020-21/16.pdf)
- As a Journal Club reporter she conducted campus video interviews with Shreya Muralikrishna (video by Joshitha Marripudi), including Tech Week coverage at BITS Hyderabad. (https://www.facebook.com/JournalClubBPHC/posts/the-tech-week-bits-pilani-hyderabad-campus-starts-on-29th-january-2022-being-the/3182106912009005/)
- Location is Bangalore, Karnataka, India; the profile location field provides this geography. (linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni)
- Co-authored a Journal Club explainer on the Delhi governance (GNCTD amendment) Act with Sanskar Sharma, showing policy-writing interests beyond CS. (https://www.facebook.com/Rohanupsc/posts/why-is-delhi-still-a-union-territory-despite-its-massive-population-and-economy-/1597361585733480/)

## Experience
- AI Support Engineering Lead at Windsurf (Sep 2025 - Present)
- AI Support Engineer at Windsurf (Aug 2024 - Present)
- SDE Intern at Lemnisk (Jul 2023 - Dec 2023)
- Secretary at Journal Club (Jun 2022 - Jun 2023)
- Summer Intern at Indian Red Cross Society Karnataka (Jun 2022 - Jul 2022): Worked on creating a backend interface to store data pertaining to the registration fees of the Youth Red Cross Wing of IRCS Karnataka.
- Microsoft Engage'22 at Microsoft (May 2022 - Jun 2022): Selected as a mentee for Microsoft Engage'22. Built a python-based attendance tracker enabled by face recognition using OpenCV and Django.
- Core Committee Member at Journal Club (Dec 2020 - Jun 2022)

## Education
- BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus - Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science - (Jan 2020 - Jan 2024)

## Sources
- https://linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni
- https://in.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tech-funding-news_devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-activity-7503436060958392320-KMq3
- https://cognition.ai/blog/windsurf
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Codeium/comments/1hb8c3h/windsurf_is_down/
- https://www.facebook.com/Rohanupsc/posts/why-is-delhi-still-a-union-territory-despite-its-massive-population-and-economy-/1597361585733480/
- https://www.facebook.com/JournalClubBPHC/posts/the-tech-week-bits-pilani-hyderabad-campus-starts-on-29th-january-2022-being-the/3182106912009005/
- https://www.facebook.com/JournalClubBPHC/videos/to-conclude-our-interview-series-for-this-years-suc-elections-we-bring-to-you-th/414087217316381/
- https://www.facebook.com/ABVPPunjab/posts/the-annual-what-did-you-actually-do-check-pucsc-president-gauravveer-sohal-answe/1062544066157406/
- https://ikac.bits-pilani.ac.in/NAAC-SSR-CYCLE-4/Criteria-5/5.1.1/PGHD_A1/Hyd/2020-21/16.pdf
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dravisha_we-recently-hosted-windsurfs-first-hackathon-activity-7332678008857645057-y8Zy
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gautamsrikrishna_theaicollective-openbuild-bengaluru-activity-7368263629160243201-H7PZ
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/avinashharidas_theaicollective-openbuild-bengaluru-activity-7368244066024628224-Sbl5
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jayantacharya_windsurf-hyderabad-techcommunity-activity-7387133154400198656-iXci
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni
- linkedin.com/in/lahari-gangineni


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/lahari-gangineni · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people