Cognition

Cognition is an artificial intelligence infrastructure and autonomous software engineering startup. From its funding announcement.

$2.0B Series ERaised 34 days agoSan Francisco, USAAI & Data InfrastructureUSA
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In their own words

What Cognition says it is doing

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Public signal Described in the funding announcement as "artificial intelligence infrastructure and autonomous software engineering startup". Source

Infrastructure

Public signal Read from the company's own description of what the funding supports.

Why now

Where Cognition is today

Cognition announced a Series E round of $2.0B on 10 September 2026. AfterRaise has tracked 2 funding events for this company this year, $3.0B in total.

Latest round
Series E
Amount
$2.0B
Announced
10 September 2026
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Sector
AI & Data Infrastructure
Growth stage
Series C+
Investors
Not stated
Also participating
Not stated
Relevant leadership
Not stated

Momentum AfterRaise intelligence

AfterRaise Score

86
High momentum
1 funding signal in the last 90 days
Funding recency
34/40
announced within the last 60 days
Round scale
25/25
round size relative to the market
Funding stage
19/20
Series E
Funding cadence
8/15
2 funding events tracked this year
Arriving with the signals layer
  • Hiring momentum Open roles and hiring pace
  • Market expansion New offices and new countries
  • Leadership Executive appointments
  • Product activity Launches and releases

Since the raise

What has happened since

  • 10 September 2026
    $2.0B Series E
    Investors not stated in the announcement.
  • 28 May 2026
    $1.0B raised
    Investors not stated in the announcement.

Public signal The timeline currently holds funding events, because those are the signals AfterRaise observes today. Hiring, leadership, expansion and product events join it with the signals layer.

What may happen next

What this raise could create

AfterRaise intelligenceNot a statement of fact

What may happen next

  • Platform and infrastructure scaling
  • Infrastructure hiring
  • Aggressive multi-front expansion
  • Senior executive hiring

Opportunities this could create

  • Infrastructure and compute
  • Security review
  • Data partnerships
  • Platform engineering
  • Cloud and compute partners

Based on the AI & Data Infrastructure sector, a Series C+ round and the priorities the company itself set out. Not a statement of fact.

Medium momentum3 connected signals across 105 days
  • 10 September 2026$2.0B Series E announced
  • 28 May 2026Funding round announced
  • 10 September 2026Stated priority: infrastructure

High momentum means several meaningful company changes have occurred in a short period. Signals here are funding events and the priorities the company stated; hiring, leadership and expansion detection join with the signals layer.

Open to

What Cognition is open to

Not yet specified

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Opportunities

Ways to work with Cognition

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal50 days ago
Cognition
San Francisco, Austin, New York City

Event Marketer

Cognition is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $2.0B.

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal51 days ago
Cognition
Singapore

Founding Recruiting Operations Coordinator - APJ

Cognition is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $2.0B.

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal51 days ago

Founding GTM Recruiter - Japan

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal2 months ago
Cognition
San Francisco

Research Engineer, Post-Training

Cognition is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $2.0B.

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal2 months ago
Cognition
San Francisco

Product Engineer

Cognition is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $2.0B.

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal4 months ago

Head of Partnerships - Japan

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal6 months ago
Cognition
San Francisco

Product Marketer

Cognition is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $2.0B.

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OpportunityJOBPublic signal6 months ago
Cognition
San Francisco

AI Support Engineer

Cognition is hiring for this role on its own job board, after raising $2.0B.

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