Cognition, founded in 2023 in San Francisco, makes Devin, an AI agent that plans and writes code, fixes bugs and opens pull requests. It raised more than $2 billion in a Series E at a $48 billion valuation in September 2026, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel.
At a glance
| Price from | From $20 a month |
| Best for | Engineering teams handing off coding tasks |
From Cognition's own website.
What stands out
- Free plan and low-cost entry tier
- Fast revenue growth
Worth knowing
- Output still needs code review
- Crowded coding agent market
How it ranks
Cognition is ranked 2nd of 10 in Best AI Agent Startups (Lister Score 95.9).
#2 in Best AI Agent Startups · Lister Score 95.9
Cognition's run-rate revenue was reported at almost $900 million at the time of its September 2026 round..
| Rank | Best AI Agent Startups | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra | 97.0 |
| 2 | Cognition | 95.9 |
| 3 | Harvey | 94.7 |
| 4 | Replit | 93.5 |
| 5 | Decagon | 92.2 |
| 6 | Glean | 91.0 |
| 7 | Parloa | 89.7 |
| 8 | Genspark | 88.4 |
| 9 | Lindy | 87.1 |
| 10 | CrewAI | 85.8 |
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Cognition is ranked 2nd of 10 in Best AI Agent Startups (Lister Score 95.9).
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