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Cognition

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8 articles – decelerating

Cognition has appeared in 8 articles since 2025-03. Coverage peaked in 2026Q3 with 8 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Windsurf, Cognition AI Inc., Devin, AI.

Articles
8
mentions
Velocity
-50.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-3.500
velocity change
Sources
10
publications
Why Google Reportedly Values Mechanize Above $1.5B
Google reportedly valued Mechanize’s talent and technology above $1.5 billion as Apple opened Xcode 26.3 to Anthropic and OpenAI agents. Together, they show pow...
Nvidia’s Reported $6B Poolside License Targets Inference
A reported Nvidia package combines a $6B non-exclusive Poolside technology license, a $1B investment and job offers to 109 employees. Its structure values the r...
Google’s $1.5B Mechanize Talks Skip a Buyout
Reports on August 5 and 6 put Google’s Mechanize talks above $1.5 billion without an acquisition. Four major coding agents have already faced sandbox-boundary b...

Coverage Timeline

2026-10-01
Axios

Alex Stamos is joining Cognition as its new chief security officer; he most recently oversaw security at AI security startup Corridor and SentinelOne

Alex Stamos has joined Cognition as the AI coding unicorn's new chief security officer. … The hire suggests security has become a major focus for the fast-growing company.

Business Insider 7 related

Factory CEO Matan Grinberg says he terminated Chris Degnan, alleging Degnan confided with Cognition execs while advising Factory before joining Cognition as CRO

- Startup Factory AI says a former advisor held meetings with rival Cognition while advising the company.

2026-09-30
Business Insider 1 related

Factory CEO Matan Grinberg alleges Cognition's new CRO Chris Degnan had been confiding with Cognition executives while advising Factory as a board observer

Factory AI and Cognition, two high-profile San Francisco-based AI startups building coding agents, are publicly feuding over the departure …

Axios

Alex Stamos is joining Cognition as its new chief security officer; he most recently oversaw security at AI security startup Corridor and SentinelOne

Alex Stamos has joined Cognition as the AI coding unicorn's new chief security officer. … The hire suggests security has become a major focus for the fast-growing company.

2026-05-12
Colossus

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 …

2025-07-20
@jeffwsurf 4 related

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...

2025-07-19
@jeffwsurf 1 related

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 …

2025-07-15
New York Times 19 related

Cognition acquires Windsurf, saying it will waive 100% of Windsurf employees' vesting cliffs and give them “fully accelerated vesting for their work to date”

techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/c...  [embedded post] Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The AI acquisition moves fast.  First, OpenAI ditched its Windsurf deal after clashing with Microsoft over IP.  —  Then ...

2025-07-11
CNBC 5 related

Goldman Sachs CTO Marco Argenti says the bank will “start augmenting our workforce with Devin”, Cognition's AI software engineer, as Wall Street firms adopt AI

The newest hire at Goldman Sachs isn't human.  —  The bank is testing an autonomous software engineer …

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 45 tech news articles mentioning Cognition, dating back to June 2008. The biggest stories include Cognition acquires Windsurf, saying it will waive 100% of Windsurf employees' vesting... and AI coding startup Cognition raised $2B at a $48B valuation, up from $26B in May, and says.... Frequently covered alongside Cognition AI Inc., Devin, Windsurf, Scott Wu, and Standard Cognition. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise, research themes and away from consumer, funding.

Key Moments

2025Q1developer +100pts
2025Q3enterprise +20pts; developer -100pts; consumer -70pts
2025Q4enterprise -20pts; consumer -30pts; research +90pts

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