Cognition
Also known as Cognition AI, Cognition Labs
AI lab behind Devin, the autonomous software engineer, and Devin Desktop (ex-Windsurf).
- Cognition is a San Francisco company that builds Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer.
- Windsurf, the agentic IDE it agreed to acquire in July 2025, became Devin Desktop in June 2026.
- The company also trains its own coding models, the SWE series.
- Cognition describes itself as an independent agent lab that combines models from several providers.
Why it matters. For engineering teams evaluating coding agents; Devin and Devin Desktop are among the most widely deployed, and Cognition's blog publishes detailed write-ups on agent design and model training.
- Started
- January 2024, by the company's account2
- Co-founders
- Scott Wu (CEO), Steven Hao (CTO), Walden Yan (CPO)7
- Headquarters
- San Francisco; hubs in New York and Austin1
- Devin introduced
- 12 Mar 20243
- Windsurf acquisition signed
- 14 Jul 20254
- Latest round
- Series E, over $2B at a $48B valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel (8 Sep 2026)1
- Revenue run rate
- Over $1B annualized (25 Sep 2026)2
- swyx
- Announced joining Cognition on 8 Sep 2025, with most of Smol AI; role not stated publicly6
Milestones
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2 years ago
Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer (opens cognition.com)
Launch post by Scott Wu; Devin resolved 13.86% of issues on SWE-bench.
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14 months ago
Cognition’s acquisition of Windsurf (opens cognition.com)
Definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, bringing $82M of ARR and 350+ enterprise customers.
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1 year ago
Funding, growth, and the next frontier of AI coding agents (opens cognition.com)
Over $400M raised at a $10.2B post-money valuation, led by Founders Fund.
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4 months ago
More Devins in More Places (opens cognition.com)5
Series D: over $1B at a $26B valuation, led by Lux Capital, General Catalyst and 8VC.
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4 months ago
Introducing Devin Desktop (opens cognition.com)
The next generation of Windsurf, built around cloud Devin and an agent command center inside a full IDE.
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3 weeks ago
Do it all with Devin: Announcing our Series E (opens cognition.com)
Over $2B at a $48B valuation; run-rate revenue grew from $492M to almost $900M since May.
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7 days ago
Cognition Crosses $1B in Annualized Revenue Run Rate (opens cognition.com)
Milestone post naming customers including GE Aerospace, Rivian and Exa.
Links
Sources
- Do it all with Devin: Announcing our Series E - Cognition (opens cognition.com) read 30 Sep 2026
- Cognition Crosses $1B in Annualized Revenue Run Rate (opens cognition.com) read 30 Sep 2026
- Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer (opens cognition.com) read 30 Sep 2026
- Cognition’s acquisition of Windsurf (opens cognition.com) read 30 Sep 2026
- Cognition blog (opens cognition.com) read 30 Sep 2026
- Cognition: The Devin is in the Details - swyx (opens swyx.io) read 30 Sep 2026
- Cognition AI - Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org) read 30 Sep 2026
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