Sources: SpaceX approached Cognition about a potential acquisition, but Cognition didn't engage; Cognition CEO Scott Wu: the AI coding startup is “not for sale”
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Sources: SpaceX approached Cognition about a potential acquisition, but Cognition didn't engage; Cognition CEO Scott Wu says the company is “not for sale”
SpaceX approached artificial intelligence coding startup Cognition AI Inc. about a potential acquisition …
Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks with investors to raise $1B+ at a $40B+ valuation, after raising $1B at a $26B valuation in May
Cognition AI is in early talks with investors for a new funding round that may boost the coding startup's valuation by more than 50% …
Q&A with Scott Wu, CEO of Cognition, which hit a $445M revenue run rate in its first 18 months, on his math competition roots, the Devin coding agent, and more
An afternoon with Cognition founder and nerd emperor Scott Wu … There is a familiar arc to the type of mathematical genius …
Sources: AI coding startup Cognition is in early talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a $25B valuation, up from $10.2B announced in September 2025
Cognition AI Inc. is in early talks to raise a new round of funding that would more than double its valuation to $25 billion …
Source: AI coding startup Cognition raised nearly $500M led by Founders Fund, bringing its valuation to $9.8B, more than double the level earlier this year
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Internal email: Cognition offers buyouts to its ~200 newly acquired Windsurf staff, with Cognition CEO Scott Wu writing “we don't believe in work-life balance”
Cognition, a two-year-old artificial intelligence coding startup last valued at $4 billion, has offered buyouts …
Sources: Cognition, which makes the coding assistant Devin, is in talks to raise $300M+ at a $10B valuation; it was reportedly valued at $4B in March
The deal, backed by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures, comes as the startup announced it is buying up the remains of rival Windsurf. — SaveComment Bluesky: @rashis Bluesky: Rashi Shrivastava / @rash...
Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang on what happened after co-founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen left for Google, and how Cognition's deal to acquire Windsurf unfolded
Based on The Pragmatic Engineer Survey: 3,000 respondents, mostly experienced devs. — Note how other vibe-coding tools are also not popular with this group: [image] Gergely Orosz / @gergely.pragmati...
Windsurf CEO Jeff Wang on what happened after co-founders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen left for Google, and how Cognition's deal to acquire Windsurf unfolded
To put it mildly, the past week at Windsurf has been crazy. There have been a lot of different rumors and reports …