Cognition

Cognition

We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.

San Francisco
200 employees
ai, software_development
Series C · $1B
Founded 2023

About Cognition

Makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer. We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.We’re building collaborative AI teammates that enable engineers to focus on more interesting problems and empower engineering teams to strive for more ambitious goals.

Company details

Team Size200
LocationSan Francisco
Industryai, software_development

Funding

Total raised

$1B

Last stage

Series C

Investors

Founders Fund
8VC

Founders

WY

Walden Yan

Competitive programmer who won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). Co-founded Cognition in August 2023.

SW

Scott Wu

Competitive programmer who won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). Co-founded Cognition in August 2023, originally focused on cryptocurrency before pivoting to AI.

SH

Steven Hao

Competitive programmer who won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). Co-founded Cognition in August 2023.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.