# Cognition's acquisitions Part of Inside Cognition, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions 6 companies joined Cognition between Jul 2025 and Oct 2026. 2 smaller teams came more quietly. ## Every deal ### [Windsurf](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf), Jul 14, 2025 Formerly Codeium (founded as Exafunction). Windsurf made an AI-powered IDE; Cognition's announcement called it "the agentic IDE". - Deal: Acquisition (definitive agreement covering Windsurf's IP, product, trademark, brand and people) - Price: not disclosed - Joined with full profiles: [Jeff Wang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jeff-wang), [Jacob Addington](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jacob-addington), [Jia Wu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jia-rong-wu), [Brian Smitches](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/brian-smitches), [Prem Nair](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/prem-nair), [Jessica Kwok](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jessica-kwok), [Lahari Gangineni](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/lahari-gangineni), [Sean Sullivan](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sean-sullivan), [Cheng-Yuan Lee](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sam-lee), [Eashan Sinha](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/eashan-sinha), [Ray Wang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ray-wang), [Hannah Zimmerman](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hannah-zimmerman), [Matthew Vanderwerf](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/matthew-vanderwerf), [David Bean](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/david-bean), [Logan Furhman](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/logan-furhman), [Edison Zhang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/edison-zhang), [Alexander Baker](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/alexander-baker), [Meredith (McCarty) Siewert](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/meredith-mccarty-siewert), [Matt Bergland](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/matt-bergland), [Nick Mims](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/nick-mims), [Alex Monasterio](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/alex-monasterio), [Hannah Miller-Jones](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hannah-miller-jones), [Parker Drew](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/parker-drew), [Connor Haley](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/connor-haley), [Tyler McCormick](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/tyler-mccormick), [Ryan M. Gee, CPA](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ryan-m-gee-cpa), [Vanessa Salas](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/vanessa-salas), [Bakari Hargrave](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/bakari-hargrave), [Tyler Musa](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/tyler-musa), [Van Hoisington III](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/van-hoisington-iii), [Jon Arnett](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jon-arnett), [Sebastian Cañizares](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sebastian-canizares), [Numair Baseer](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/numair-baseer), [Gardner Johnson](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gardner-johnson), [Marcel Schwager](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/marcel-schwager), [Sandeep Shah](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/sandeep-shah), [Ben Jaderstrom](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ben-jaderstrom), [Frank Frassica](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/frank-frassica), [Ryan Millard](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ryan-millard), [Canyon Manske](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/canyon-manske), [Chirag Zaveri](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/chirag-zaveri), [Bobby Nobakht](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/bobby-nobakht), [Hayden Hibberd](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/hayden-hibberd), [Patton Jones](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/patton-jones), [Mason Batchelor](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/mason-batchelor), [Travis Myers](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/travis-myers), [Murphey Harmon](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/murphey-harmon), [Dilan Krishnamurthy](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/dilan-krishnamurthy), [Dillon Vargo](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/dillon-vargo), [Gina Wang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gina-wang), [Kruthesh Rabi](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kruthesh-rabi), [Gary (Bin) Chang](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/gary-chang), [Mark Jabbour](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/mark-jabbour), [Aakash Mahalingam](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/aakash-mahalingam), [Saransh Saini](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/saransh-saini), [Chon Hou Ye](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/chon-hou-ye), [Saumia Singhal](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/saumia-singhal), [Adam Strouss](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/adam-strouss), [Graham Moreno](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/graham-moreno), [Satwik Bebortha](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/satwik-bebortha), [Chris Diaz](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/chris-diaz) ### [Havana](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/havana), Apr 29, 2026 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. - Deal: Acquisition, per Cognition's press release on its Singapore expansion - Price: not disclosed - Joined with full profiles: [Nathan Wangliao](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/nathan-wangliao), [Zhan Xiong Chin](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/zhan-xiong-chin) ### [TierZero](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/tierzero), Jul 20, 2026 TierZero makes "AI production agents that live in your stack, solve problems automatically, and get smarter with every issue they resolve." - Deal: Acquisition, per Accel; Cognition's post welcomes the team - Price: not disclosed - Joined with full profiles: [Anhang Zhu](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/anhang-zhu), [Yun Park](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/yun-park), [Kevin Delgado](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/kevin-delgado), [Jake Rachleff](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jake-rachleff) ### [Poke](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/poke), Jul 23, 2026 Poke is a personal agent that lives in your texts, per Cognition's announcement. - Deal: Acquisition, per TechCrunch; Cognition's post says it is "welcoming" the company - Price: TechCrunch reported the deal valued the company in the "low nine figures", a price co-founder Marvin von Hagen confirmed to TechCrunch. [1](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/why-cognition-bought-poke-ai-personality-is-becoming-a-competitive-advantage/) - Joined with full profiles: [Marvin von Hagen](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/marvin-von-hagen), [Felix Schlegel](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/felix-schlegel), [Samyok Nepal](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/samyok-nepal), [Max Lohmann](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/maximilian-lohmann), [Pavel Tritchkov](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/pavel-tritchkov) ### [Dioxus Labs](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/dioxus), Sep 10, 2026 Dioxus Labs makes Dioxus, which its site calls a fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust. - Deal: Team joined Cognition ("The Dioxus team is joining Cognition"); YC's company page lists Dioxus Labs as Acquired - Price: not disclosed - Joined with full profiles: [Jonathan Kelley](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jonathan-kelley), [Nico Burns](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/nico-burns), [Evan Almloff](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/evan-almloff) ### [Corridor](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/corridor), Oct 28, 2026 Forbes described Corridor's product as an AI system that watches AI and human coders and issues alerts when vulnerabilities arise as software is being written. - Deal: "Corridor is joining Cognition" (the founders' wording); terms not disclosed - Price: not disclosed - Joined with full profiles: [Jack Cable](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/jack-cable), [Ashwin Ramaswami](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/ashwin-ramaswami), [Matthew Galligan](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/matthew-galligan), [Alex Stamos](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/alex-stamos) ## Quieter deals ### Nick Wong's compliance services company In his Cognition team spotlight, Special Projects Engineer Nick Wong says he and a cofounder were building a compliance implementation services company, that Calvin (VP of Customer Engineering) "suggested Cognition could acquire my company", and a caption reads "Scott congratulating us on our acquisition!" The company is not named. [1](https://cognition.com/team-spotlights/nick-wong) - [Nick Wong](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/nick-wong): Co-Owner & CTO, Axlora; now Special Projects Engineer at Cognition [1](https://cognition.com/team-spotlights/nick-wong) [2](https://www.linkedin.com/in/powerhouseofthecell) ### Consul Y Combinator's page for Consul (W24, a stablecoin payouts platform founded by Rakeeb Hossain and David Lalor) lists its status as Acquired without naming a buyer; Rakeeb Hossain's LinkedIn lists Cognition as his current company. [1](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/consul) [2](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeebhossain) - [Rakeeb Hossain](https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/rakeeb-hossain): Co-Founder, Consul (YC W24); now Member of Technical Staff at Cognition [1](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeebhossain)