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Cognition AI

Cognition

Cognition AI is a San Francisco–based AI company founded in 2023 by Scott Wu, a 1997-born entrepreneur who previously worked at LunchClub . The company shot to prominence in December 2024 with the launch of Devin, marketed as the first fully autonomous AI software engineer capable of writing code and completing end-to-end projects without human intervention . Within six months, Cognition closed a nine-figure A round that doubled its valuation to roughly $4 billion, making it a standout in the AI coding race .

The company operates with extreme capital efficiency: as of mid-2025, its engineering team numbers just 15 people, yet each engineer deploys a "virtual team" of five Devin agents, and approximately one-quarter of internal GitHub pull requests are already authored by Devin itself . Wu has framed Devin as shifting engineers from "bricklayers to architects"—humans set direction and specifications while the agent handles implementation asynchronously . In July 2025, Cognition acquired Windsurf, another AI coding tool, with its team and product direction being restructured under Cognition .

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