Cognition: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)
Cognition AI is a specialized AI research institute dedicated to creating complete software agents that function as cooperative AI partners. Their goal is to help engineering teams work more effectively and creatively on their projects.
Cognition has raised $1.5B across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series D of $1.0B announced in May 2026.
That round is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.
Cognition Company Profile and Key Stats
Latest funding round on record: May 2026.
Cognition Funding Rounds
1 of 3 rounds was announced without a disclosed amount and is excluded from the total.
Cognition announced an undisclosed round in Mar 2025; the amount was not disclosed.
5 months later, a Series C of $500M was announced in Aug 2025.
9 months later, a Series D of $1.0B was announced in May 2026.
Cognition Founders and Leadership Team
Contact details for the Cognition team: 3 of 3 have an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.
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Cognition's latest round of $1.0B is above the median round in Artificial Intelligence. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.
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Cognition Funding FAQs
What does Cognition do?
Cognition AI is a specialized AI research institute dedicated to creating complete software agents that function as cooperative AI partners. Their goal is to help engineering teams work more effectively and creatively on their projects.
How much funding has Cognition raised?
Cognition has raised $1.5B across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series D of $1.0B announced in May 2026.
When did Cognition last raise funding?
Cognition's most recent funding round on record is a Series D of $1.0B, announced in May 2026.
Who founded Cognition?
FundedIQ lists Steven Hao (Founder), Walden Yan (Founder) at Cognition.
Where is Cognition headquartered?
Cognition is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
How many employees does Cognition have?
Cognition is in the 101-250 employee band.
How does Cognition's funding compare to other Artificial Intelligence startups?
Cognition's latest round of $1.0B is above the $6.0M median round size for Artificial Intelligence companies on FundedIQ across 7,241 tracked companies over the last two years.
About FundedIQ's Cognition Funding Data
FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.
Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Cognition is left off this page rather than filled in.
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