# Ryan M. Gee, CPA

Accounting @ Cognition AI  
Cognition  
San Francisco Bay Area

## At Cognition

- Role: Controller (Finance/Ops)
- Joined: Oct 2024
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Accounting Manager, Vyond
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf) (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee
- Domain: cognition.com

## Notes
- On 2026-05-06 he posted on LinkedIn, verbatim: "We're hiring a Senior Accountant at Cognition! We're growing fast, and we need someone to help build out the accounting function alongside us." (50 reactions, 1 comment). (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanmgee_hiring-accounting-startup-activity-7457669731807055872-g5tV)
- Controller at Cognition since Jul 2025, the same month Cognition agreed to acquire Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- In the same post he describes the work: "You'll be hands-on across the full close, working with a small team in a fast-moving environment where your work directly impacts how we operate and scale.". (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanmgee_hiring-accounting-startup-activity-7457669731807055872-g5tV)
- Cognition's acquisition of Windsurf (signed 2025-07-14) included Windsurf's IP, product, trademark and brand, $82M of ARR and 350+ enterprise customers; folding that revenue base into Cognition's books is the core context for his Controller role. (https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf)
- Senior Accounting Manager at Windsurf (Oct 2024 - Jul 2025), joining one month before the Windsurf Editor launched in Nov 2024. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- He pitched the role to early-career accountants as a chance to be part of "building something from the ground up at one of the most exciting AI companies out there," so the accounting function is still being built out, and he is the hiring manager to approach. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanmgee_hiring-accounting-startup-activity-7457669731807055872-g5tV)
- Two months after the Windsurf deal Cognition closed a $400M round at a $10.2B valuation, which raised the scale and reporting demands on the controllership he took over. (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/cognition-valued-at-10point2-billion-two-months-after-windsurf-.html)
- The deal came days after Google hired Windsurf CEO Varun Mohan, co-founder Douglas Chen and research leaders in a $2.4B arrangement, and after OpenAI's $3B offer expired; Jeff Wang, former head of business, was interim CEO when Cognition bought the company. (https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/cognition-maker-of-the-ai-coding-agent-devin-acquires-windsurf)
- Senior Associate at Scout RFP (May 2018 - Jun 2020, San Francisco). Workday completed its acquisition of Scout RFP on 2019-12-09, so this was the first of two acquisitions he has been through as an employee; Windsurf/Cognition was the second. (https://newsroom.workday.com/22019-12-09-Workday-Completes-Acquisition-of-Scout-RFP)
- After the acquisition, Windsurf was renamed Devin Desktop via an over-the-air update (2026-06-02), and the Cascade agent reached end of life on 2026-07-01, so the product line he supported is now part of Devin. (https://intelligenttools.co/blog/what-happened-to-codeium)
- Public headline says "Accounting @ Cognition AI". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- Windsurf began as Exafunction (GPU workload optimization, 2021), became Codeium in 2022, launched the Windsurf Editor in Nov 2024 and renamed itself Windsurf in Apr 2025. (https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-rebrand-announcement)
- Accounting Manager at Vyond (Sep 2021 - Apr 2024). Vyond is the former GoAnimate, a San Mateo video creation software company founded in 2007 by Alvin Hung. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyond)
- Accounting Manager at Halio, Inc. (Aug 2020 - Sep 2021). Halio, formerly Kinestral, made electrochromic smart glass and shut down in 2024, about three years after he left. (https://www.nextenergytech.com/post/lessons-learned-from-smart-glass-1-0)
- He began his career as Staff / Senior at EY in Boston (Jul 2014 - Aug 2017), Big Four audit training. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- His listed skills include NetSuite, Quote-to-Cash, Technical Accounting and GAAP financial reporting. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- Previous roles include Senior Accounting Manager at Windsurf; Accounting Manager at Vyond; Accounting Manager at Halio, Inc.; Senior Associate at Scout RFP, a Workday company; Staff / Senior at EY. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- Education history includes B.S. Business Administration, Accounting, Operations and Technology Management, Boston University - School of Management. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- Holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Boston University School of Management, concentrating in Accounting and Operations & Technology Management with a minor in Economics. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)
- Location is San Francisco Bay Area. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee)

## Experience
- Controller at Cognition - San Francisco, California, United States (Jul 2025 - Present)
- Senior Accounting Manager at Windsurf (Oct 2024 - Jul 2025)
- Accounting Manager at Vyond (Sep 2021 - Apr 2024)
- Accounting Manager at Halio, Inc. (Aug 2020 - Sep 2021)
- Senior Associate at Scout RFP, a Workday company - San Francisco, CA (May 2018 - Jun 2020)
- Staff / Senior at EY - Boston, MA (Jul 2014 - Aug 2017)

## Education
- Boston University - School of Management - B.S. Business Administration, Accounting, Operations and Technology Management: Minor: Economics

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmgee
- https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/cognition-maker-of-the-ai-coding-agent-devin-acquires-windsurf/
- https://intelligenttools.co/blog/what-happened-to-codeium
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ryanmgee_hiring-accounting-startup-activity-7457669731807055872-g5tV
- https://www.nextenergytech.com/post/lessons-learned-from-smart-glass-1-0
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/cognition-valued-at-10point2-billion-two-months-after-windsurf-.html
- https://newsroom.workday.com/22019-12-09-Workday-Completes-Acquisition-of-Scout-RFP
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyond
- https://devin.ai/blog/windsurf-rebrand-announcement
- https://github.com/Ryan-Gee
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/cognition-maker-of-the-ai-coding-agent-devin-acquires-windsurf


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