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Cognition AI Raises $2B at $48B Valuation

9/9/2026

Summary

Story summary

Cognition AI raised $2 billion in a Series E round at a $48 billion valuation.
Andreessen Horowitz and Accel led the round, joined by Founders Fund, General Catalyst and Avenir.
Cognition AI’s run-rate revenue grew from $492 million in May 2026 to nearly $900 million by September 2026.
Its autonomous software-engineering agent Devin can plan, write, test and deploy code with limited human input.
Devin now adds Auto-Triage, Security Swarm, and Slack-GitHub-Linear triggered automations.

History

Historical Context

In 2015, OpenAI was founded with a pledged $1 billion from Elon Musk, Sam Altman and others, aiming to develop safe AI and drawing early venture capital. That model resurfaced in 2026 when Cognition AI closed a $2 billion Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, intensifying competition with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and prompting regulators to examine autonomous AI agents.

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Story summary

Cognition AI raised $2 billion in a Series E round at a $48 billion valuation.
Andreessen Horowitz and Accel led the round, joined by Founders Fund, General Catalyst and Avenir.
Cognition AI’s run-rate revenue grew from $492 million in May 2026 to nearly $900 million by September 2026.
Its autonomous software-engineering agent Devin can plan, write, test and deploy code with limited human input.
Devin now adds Auto-Triage, Security Swarm, and Slack-GitHub-Linear triggered automations.

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