Cognition
Mentioned in 18 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
An AI software engineering company known for Devin, an AI software engineer product featuring automated testing and advanced reasoning capabilities. Founded by Scott, the company competes in the software development automation space with an elite team and has achieved rapid growth with enterprise deployment focus, reaching a $15B valuation as a Founders Fund portfolio company. Cognition is frequently discussed in tech podcasts as a notable example of founder-quality AI startups and for its work on AI productivity benchmarking and coding automation.
Mentioned On
Episode Mentions
Odd Lots · May 21, 2026
Why Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman Built The World's Largest Computer Chip
“AI company using open-source models; powered by Cerebras infrastructure”
Uncapped with Jack Altman · May 12, 2026
Uncapped #49 | Kevin Hartz & Bennett Siegel from A*
“Russell Kaplan (ex-Helia founder) is now president; mentioned as example of founder network quality”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · May 6, 2026
"Descript Isn't a Slop Machine": Laura Burkhauser on the AI Tools Creators Love and Hate
“AI coding platform; mentioned as customer of Sequence billing platform”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Apr 23, 2026
AIE Europe Debrief + Agent Labs Thesis: Unsupervised Learning x Latent Space Crossover Special (2026)
“AI coding agent company where Swix works; using Cerebrus custom silicon and pursuing agent lab playbook”
TBPN · Apr 22, 2026
SpaceX-Cursor Deal, ChatGPT Images 2.0, Fake Bear Scam | Diet TBPN
“Competitor in AI coding space; Devin product mentioned alongside Cursor and other coding agents”
TBPN · Apr 22, 2026
SpaceX/Cursor Deal, Images 2.0 Reactions, Fake Bear Attack | Anil Chakravarthy, Naveen Gavini, Avlok Kohli & Ankur Nagpal, Joel Edwards, Renen Hallak, Darian Shirazi
“AI coding agent company competing with Cursor; Scott Wu's company mentioned as market leader in coding agents”
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) · Mar 10, 2026
Agent Swarms and Knowledge Graphs for Autonomous Software Development with Siddhant Pardeshi - #763
“Company behind Devin, mentioned as competitor in autonomous development space”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Mar 10, 2026
The Debate Over Anthropic’s New Product: Price or Existential Dread?
“Released competing Devin Review product for code review and understanding complex PRs”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 27, 2026
METR’s Joel Becker on exponential Time Horizon Evals, Threat Models, and the Limits of AI Productivity
“Referenced for internal productivity tracking and engineering velocity measurements”
Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist · Feb 27, 2026
Ep 143: JD Ross on the New Invention Era & Building with AI in 2026
“AI company led by Scott with elite team competing in software development automation space”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 26, 2026
[LIVE] Anthropic Distillation & How Models Cheat (SWE-Bench Dead) | Nathan Lambert & Sebastian Raschka
“Working with the host on launching a new coding benchmark to replace SWE-bench”
TBPN · Feb 24, 2026
Citrini Memo Reactions, Kim K Enters Energy Drinks, Jane Street Sued | Patrick & John Collison, Bill Gurley, James Cadwallader, Scott Wu, Ivan Zhao, Stefano Ermon, Rune Kvist, Reiner Pope, Devansh Pandey
“Announced Devin AI software engineer updates with automated testing features”
Joe Lonsdale: American Optimist · Feb 17, 2026
Ep 142: Understanding the AI Wave with 8VC's Alex Kolicich & Jack Moshkovich
“AI software engineer company (Devin); growing rapidly with enterprise deployment focus and reasoning capabilities”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Jan 23, 2026
Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay 2
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 18, 2026
Code AGI is Functional AGI (And It's Here)
Uncapped with Jack Altman · Dec 3, 2025
Uncapped #35 | Trae Stephens from Founders Fund
“AI company Founders Fund invested in despite competitive market; example of founder-quality bet overriding category consensus”
Dwarkesh Podcast · Nov 12, 2025
Satya Nadella — How Microsoft is preparing for AGI
“AI coding agent competitor; part of rapidly growing market alongside GitHub Copilot and Cursor”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Nov 7, 2025
Does OpenAI Need a Bailout? Mamdani Wins, Socialism Rising, Filibuster Nuclear Option
“Portfolio company from Founder University now valued at $15B, demonstrating strong AI startup growth”