Cognition operates Devin, the first autonomous software engineer.
We believe the purpose of technology is to expand human capacity — not by replacing meaningful work but by working alongside people as an exponential collaborator, helping them think deeper and move faster. We build tools for software creation because software shapes nearly every aspect of modern life. Cognition helps engineers operate more like architects: strategizing, designing systems, and focusing on problem solving, while agents handle the repetitive engineering work.
Devin plans, writes, tests, and ships production code on its own, working inside your codebase and the tools your team already uses. Devin is deployed at some of the largest and most complex institutions in the world.
Our Principles
The team is the company.We care deeply about the work and the people behind it. We invest in each other, challenge each other, and bet on kind, low-ego individuals – showing up for one another and taking pride in what we build together.
We show up.We work alongside our customers – in real systems, under real constraints. We meet them where they are, going beyond tools to ensure they actually deliver value. We aim to transform the developer experience by staying in the work, not observing it from afar.
Go for it all.We expand the frontier taking on hard problems and building what doesn’t yet exist, without letting constraints limit our ambition.
The inflection point is here.This is a moment that won’t wait, where the decisions being made now will define the next era of software engineering.
Our Team
Our founding team holds 10 IOI gold medals and includes builders from Google DeepMind, Scale AI, Cursor, Lunchclub, Modal, Waymo, and Nuro. Of our initial 35 team members, 21 had previously founded a company.
We have raised over $400M from Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures, and other leading investors. Cognition’s headquarters are in San Francisco, with a growing global presence across New York, Austin, Washington D.C., London, Singapore, Japan, and more locations to come.
If you're excited to tackle ambitious problems and help redefine what engineers can imagine and build, we'd love to hear from you.
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