Inside the Fastest-Growing Category in AI: Scott Wu, CEO of $26B Cognition

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Scott Wu, CEO & Co-Founder of Cognition, joins Sourcery in Paris amid the RAISE AI Summit. Cognition is the applied AI lab behind Devin, the autonomous AI software engineer, and Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf. The company has raised more than $2.5 billio...

Highlights

In this episode, Scott Wu, CEO of Cognition, discusses the rapid evolution of autonomous coding agents, the strategic acquisition of Windsurf, and the company's decision to remain independent. He shares insights on measuring AI productivity through business outcomes, the future of software engineering, and the origin story of Devin, from a MongoDB fix to deployments at major enterprises.

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Devin now writes 95% of Cognition's code.

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The deal was negotiated over a weekend.

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Human irrelevance in six months is unlikely

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That was the first moment we believed an AI coding agent could work.

Chapters

The Explosive Growth of Autonomous Coding Agents

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How the Windsurf Acquisition Came Together Over a Weekend

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Why Cognition Stays Independent and the Future of AI

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From a MongoDB Fix to AI's Event Horizon: The Origin of Devin

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Transcript

Scott Wu: Cognition has raised over a billion dollars. First AI software engineer, Devin. Microsoft and Cognition. Molly O'Shea: Cognition and Mercedes-Benz. Goldman Sachs, Mercedes-Benz, Citi, Dell, Santander, NASA, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Army. They...