Cognition's press release described Havana as a startup building AI agents; Havana's November 2025 release described an AI student recruitment platform for higher education.
2 people joined Cognition with Havana, including 2 founders. 2 have full profiles.
Updated 2026-11-04 · 24 sources
3 dated entries from Nov 13, 2025 to Apr 30, 2026, each with its source.
Havana announced an AI student recruitment platform for higher education, naming Nathan Wangliao as CEO.
Cognition's press release on its Singapore expansion said its entry followed the acquisition of Havana, a startup building AI agents.
Cognition's post on opening its Singapore APAC headquarters did not mention Havana.
Founders first. Each card shows the role before the deal and links to a full profile.
1 quote, verbatim, with the date and a link to each.
These days, everyone in tech goes on about how ‘cracked’ a team is.
What I didn't expect at Cognition was how genuinely kind people are.
It's the kind of team where someone will stay late to help me debug a problem that's not even theirs to fix.
Nathan WangliaoAPAC (joined with Havana)Apr 1, 2026 · LinkedInPlaces where people who joined with Havana overlapped with each other or with others now or formerly at Cognition.
Calvin GiroudSoftware Engineer, 2018 to 2020
Matthew VanderwerfRobotics Reliability Engineer, 2020 to 2022
Prem NairSoftware Engineer, 2018 to 2021
Rohan ChoudhurySoftware Engineer, 2019 to 2021
Sean SullivanSoftware Engineer, 2019 to 2021
Tony JiangTech Lead Manager, 2018 to 2022Nathan WangliaoHead of GTM, 2021 to 2023
Emily CohenBusiness Analyst, 2019 to 2022Nathan WangliaoConsultant, 2018 to 2021
Salima GhadimiBachelor's Degree Economics, 2012 to 2016Cognition's press release said Havana's team will be integrated into its regional operations across engineering, go-to-market and product development; the fate of the product was not stated.
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