Cognition is an AI startup founded by Scott Wu in 2024. Recent coverage highlights its $2 billion funding round at a $48 billion valuation, annualized run‑rate revenue rising from $492 million to $900 million, the SWE‑2 coding model (FrontierCode 1.1 Main score 50.0, 64% cheaper), and GPT‑6 Astra being used to help Devin test software.
Week's biggest funding: four $1B+ roundsU.S. startup funding surged: four companies raised $1B+ this week—The Boring Co. led with $3B, Cognition $2B, Motive $1.3B and Stoke Space $1B—pouring capital into transportation, AI, fleet management and reusable rockets and signaling continued large bets on AI and infrastructure.
GPT-6 Astra helps Devin test softwareCognition says GPT‑6 Astra improves Devin's ability to test software and demonstrate that it works, aiming to reduce engineer review time and accelerate shipping.
Cognition Unveils SWE-2 Coding ModelCognition launched SWE-2, a coding model scoring 50.0 on FrontierCode 1.1 Main—within one point of Fable 5.1 while 64% cheaper; it was post-trained from the 2.8T-parameter Kimi K3 and uses single-run RL across reasoning levels to improve cost-performance.
Cognition raises $2B at $48B valuationCognition said it raised $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Founders Fund, General Catalyst and Avenir. The startup reported annualized run-rate revenue rising from $492 million to $900 million since May and was founded in 2024 by Scott Wu.
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