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Cognition
Maker of Devin, an autonomous AI software engineer, and owner of the Windsurf editor.
cognition.com · LinkedIn · Data run November 13, 2026
Momentum, week of November 9, 2026
76 from 5 of 5 signals
- AI workforce: #3 of 17
Signal percentiles: Headcount change, 3 months 94; Web traffic change, 3 months 39; Tranco rank movement, ~30 days 61; Recency of last funding round 87; Launch and discussion activity, 90 days 97.
What the data says
Positive signals
- Headcount grew +73.9% over three months (as of Jul 28, 2026).
- Web traffic up 1.9% over three months (as of May 1, 2026).
- Tranco top-sites rank climbed 18.3% over about 30 days.
- Raised within the last 12 months: Series E, $2B (Sep 2026).
- 13 Hacker News stories linked to the company in 90 days.
Key facts
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United Statessource
- Founded
- 2023source
- Last round
- Series E, $2B (Sep 2026)sourceas of round date Sep 8, 2026
- Headcount
- 513sourceas of Jul 28, 2026
- Headcount change
- 3m +73.9% · 12m +124%as of Jul 28, 2026
- Monthly web visits
- 222Ksourceas of May 1, 2026
- Web traffic change
- 3m +1.9% · 12m +47.9%as of May 1, 2026
- Tranco top-sites rank
- #58,079sourceas of Nov 12, 2026
- Tranco rank, ~30 days
- +18.3%as of 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-12
- LinkedIn followers
- 85Ksource
- Hacker News stories, 90 days
- 13source
Recent news and launches
- Nov 6, 2026 · SWE-2 Flash (Hacker News (5 points)) · discussion
- Nov 5, 2026 · SWE-2 Flash (Hacker News (3 points)) · discussion
- Nov 4, 2026 · SWE-2 Flash (Hacker News (6 points)) · discussion
- Oct 30, 2026 · Cognition weighs funding at up to $80bn valuation, Business Insider reports (The Next Web)
- Oct 29, 2026 · Sources: AI coding startup Cognition weighs a new funding round before year's end after receiving offers valuing it at $70B-$80B, up from $48B in September (Katie Roof/Business Insider) (Techmeme)
- Oct 28, 2026 · FrontierCode 2.0 (Hacker News (1 points)) · discussion
- Oct 27, 2026 · FrontierCode 2.0 (Hacker News (9 points)) · discussion
- Oct 26, 2026 · Robinhood Ventures Fund I Invests $10 Million In Cognition (Pulse 2.0)
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