Cognition (Windsurf) Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognition today announced that its enterprise IDE, Windsurf, has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants.

Windsurf was purpose-built for enterprise engineering teams, combining deep codebase context, zero-data retention, and agentic workflows that accelerate both modernization and new product delivery. We believe this Gartner recognition reflects what Fortune 500 companies already know: Windsurf enables engineering organizations to move faster while maintaining the highest standards of trust and control.

"I feel being named a Leader by Gartner validates the results we see every day with our customers," said Jeff Wang, CEO at Windsurf. "Enterprises rely on Windsurf to accelerate time-to-market, modernize critical systems, and increase productivity at scale. We built Windsurf to meet the realities of enterprise software delivery. For us, this recognition is proof that we're going the right way."

Why Enterprises Choose Windsurf

Unlike autocomplete tools, Windsurf provides:

• Cascade agentic workflows — Orchestration that breaks down multi-step tasks, delegates subtasks to AI agents, and stitches results back into the repo. A leading real estate platform reduced new engineer onboarding time by 6x using Cascade.
   
• Deep context engine — Ingests entire codebases, SCM histories, and external knowledge to enable high-confidence multi-file reasoning across millions of lines of code.
   
• Enterprise-grade security and compliance — Zero-data retention by default, FedRAMP High–certified infrastructure, and IL4/IL5 DoD-ready deployments.
   
• Flexible deployment options — SaaS, hybrid, and single-tenant models with regional clusters to meet global enterprise needs.
   
• Rich ecosystem integration — Extends into PR reviews, previews, and browser-based workflows to meet developers wherever they work.

Why It Matters

Windsurf enables enterprises to:

• Accelerate delivery of products and services to market, achieving OKRs and revenue goals faster.
   
• Unlock scale through modernization by reducing tech debt and stabilizing critical systems.
   
• Drive higher productivity by offloading repetitive coding tasks, reducing feature delivery costs without scaling headcount.

Looking Ahead

Cognition will continue expanding Cascade workflows, deepening Windsurf's context awareness, and strengthening enterprise deployment options. For us, this recognition as a Leader is an important acknowledgement, but it's only the beginning of the company's mission to help enterprises move beyond incremental productivity to true velocity.

Download the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants.

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for AI Code Assistants, Philip Walsh, Haritha Khandabattu, Matt Brasier, Arun Batchu, Keith Holloway, 15 September 2025.

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About Cognition
Cognition builds agentic systems that transform how enterprises deliver software. Windsurf, the first agentic IDE for the enterprise, combines deep context awareness, secure deployment, and human–AI collaboration to accelerate the full software development lifecycle. Fortune 500 companies across finance, healthcare, defense, and technology rely on Windsurf to modernize systems and deliver new products faster.

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