Cognition

Cognition is an AI startup focused on developing autonomous coding agents. It is in advanced funding discussions to raise capital at a $40 billion valuation.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to reports of a failed acquisition attempt by SpaceX and its subsequent high valuation funding talks.

Latest on Cognition

• Five days after buying Cursor for $60bn, SpaceX tried to buy Cognition
• Cognition CEO denies report that SpaceX tried to acquire the startup
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• Startup Cognition in new funding talks at $40 billion value
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• SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about an acquisition, according to Bloomberg, five days after acquiring Cursor for $60 billion.
• When SpaceX's engineering leadership presents the integration roadmap for Cursor to Elon — how will they explain why the company that rejected a $60 billion offer is still the one they're measuring themselves against?
• Cognition CEO Scott Wu publicly stated that his company is "not for sale and we haven't been talking."
• the failed Cognition deal suggests the real problem isn't which startup they own

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