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Discussed the future of programming with AI coding agents and believes we may already be living with AGI.
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Aug 2025 — Oct 2026
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Cognition Raises Over $400M at $10.2B Valuation
CognitionannouncementpositiveSep 9, 2025
Cognition raised over $400M at a $10.2B post-money valuation, with its AI coding agents growing from $1M to $73M ARR in nine months, and the Windsurf acquisition doubling combined enterprise ARR.
“Author of "Cognition Raises Over $400M at $10.2B Valuation" in Cognition”
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'We Don't Believe in Work-Life Balance': A Newly Acquired Startup Just Offered Its 200-Person Team a Choice — Work Weekends or Take a Buyout
EntrepreneurnewscautiousAug 7, 2025
Cognition acquired Windsurf and is demanding its 200-person team work 80-hour weeks or accept nine-month severance buyouts, with CEO citing an 'extreme performance culture' incompatible with work-life balance.
“CEO of Cognition who defended the company's extreme performance culture and 80-hour work week requirement in internal email and X post.”
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Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition
TechCrunchnegativeOct 1, 2026
“CEO of Cognition who defended company against allegations that it received confidential Factory information through Chris Degnan.”
Software is about to eat the world much faster
XpositiveSep 10, 2026
“Scott Wu founded Cognition and built Devin, an AI coding agent that automates software engineering tasks; Andreessen Horowitz backed him based on his track record as a competitive programmer.”
Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
TechCrunchpositiveSep 9, 2026
“Math prodigy who founded Cognition in 2024, the startup developing the Devin coding assistant.”
Cognition fundraising at $40B valuation
TechCrunchpositiveAug 13, 2026
“Confirmed Cognition achieved $492 million annualized revenue run rate and that enterprises are growing Devin usage by 50% monthly.”
AI Model Routing Interview with Glean and Cognition CEOs
CNBCcautiousJul 27, 2026
“CEO of Cognition (maker of Devin coding agent) discussing model routing and 5-10x cost efficiency gains.”
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explainx.aipositiveJul 24, 2026
“Wrote blog post announcing Cognition's acquisition of Interaction; disclosed he and co-founder Walden were early investors in Interaction.”
Nvidia competitor Etched hits $5B valuation
TechCrunchpositiveJul 1, 2026
“AI industry figure who provided angel investment to Etched.”
AI agent Poke makes setting up automations as easy as sending a text
TechCrunchpositiveApr 9, 2026
“Angel investor in Poke AI agent startup.”
Inside the grind: The SF startup racing to build an AI software engineer
San Francisco StandardcautiousMar 26, 2026
“Scott Wu, 29, founded Cognition and leads the company building Devin, an AI software engineer agent. He is an elite programmer with three gold medals from the International Olympiad in Informatics.”
Cognition's CEO on What Comes After Code
EveryinterviewpositiveSep 28, 2025
Scott Wu argues that computer science fundamentals become more critical as AI coding tools rise in prevalence, and sees the long-term future of programming as a shift toward plain English descriptions executed by intelligent agents.
“Discussed the future of programming with AI coding agents and believes we may already be living with AGI.”
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