# Cognition

id: ent_cognition  
wikidata: Q126095776  
kind: organization  
timeline: /timelines/cognition.md  
page: /record/cognition  
same_as: https://asof.is/record/cognition (how to cite the id: /identifiers.md)  

Cognition is an American AI company behind the Devin coding agent, founded in 2023; acquired Windsurf in 2025. Its CEO is Scott Wu, since 2023.

## Key facts

- CEO: Scott Wu (since 2023) · claim: /claim/clm_01669341C767.md

## Questions

**Who is the CEO of Cognition?** Scott Wu, since 2023, as the AsOf record states with its sources.

## Fact pages

One page per fact: the current value with its sources, then every dated value and what replaced what. Fetch any of them as markdown.

- [Cognition CEO](/record/cognition/ceo.md)
- [Cognition founder](/record/cognition/founder.md)

## Current state

What the record asserts: claims that held, valid by their sources or primary-sourced at confidence 0.7 or more. Unverified, disputed, retracted and review-marked claims are listed below, labelled, not here.

- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | ceo | Scott Wu | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_01669341C767](/claim/clm_01669341C767.md)
  sources: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/cognitions-scott-wu-says-ai-coding-agents-shouldnt-replace-humans/, https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/
- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | founder | Walden Yan | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_08E11E71E384](/claim/clm_08E11E71E384.md)
  sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/
- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | founder | Scott Wu | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_27554E11EF8D](/claim/clm_27554E11EF8D.md)
  sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/
- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | founder | Steven Hao | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_A7656905D11B](/claim/clm_A7656905D11B.md)
  sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/

## All claims

One claim per line, newest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | ceo | Scott Wu | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_01669341C767](/claim/clm_01669341C767.md)
  sources: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/cognitions-scott-wu-says-ai-coding-agents-shouldnt-replace-humans/, https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/
- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | founder | Walden Yan | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_08E11E71E384](/claim/clm_08E11E71E384.md)
  sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/
- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | founder | Scott Wu | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_27554E11EF8D](/claim/clm_27554E11EF8D.md)
  sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/
- [Cognition](/record/cognition.md) | founder | Steven Hao | valid 2023-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_A7656905D11B](/claim/clm_A7656905D11B.md)
  sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2026/11/06/peter-thiel-backed-ai-company-cognition-establishes-irish-presence/, https://techfundingnews.com/devin-maker-cognition-raises-over-2b-at-48b-valuation-nearly-doubling-its-price-tag-in-four-months/

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