Cognition Secures $2B at $48B Valuation as AI Coding Race Intensifies
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Cognition, the developer of AI coding assistant Devin, raised $2 billion at a valuation of $48 billion, nearly four times its worth from a May funding round that valued it at $26 billion. The investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Avenir. The company's annualized revenue run-rate increased from $492 million to $900 million since May, with projections of reaching $4 to $5 billion by late 2026. Enterprise clients include Mercedes-Benz, NASA, Goldman Sachs, and Citi. This round highlights investor belief in multiple winners in the AI coding market, contrasting with rival Cursor, which was valued at $50 billion but acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion, reportedly due to compute constraints. Cognition is reportedly training its own model on open-source foundations to reduce reliance on third-party providers like OpenAI and Anthropic and to lower its cash burn, estimated at around $800 million this year.
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