Cognition's acquisition of Poke

What happened, by date

5 dated entries from Apr 8, 2026 to Jul 24, 2026, each with its source.

1. Apr 8, 2026

   TechCrunch reported the company had raised a $15 million seed round the previous year plus $10 million more, at a $300 million post-money valuation, with Spark Capital and General Catalyst as its main institutional investors.

   Sources¹techcrunch.com
2. Jun 4, 2026

   TechCrunch reported Apple approved Poke as the first AI agent on its Messages for Business platform.

   Sources¹techcrunch.com
3. Jul 23, 2026

   Scott Wu announced Cognition was welcoming The Interaction Company of California, noting he and Walden Yan had been early angel investors in it.

   Sources¹cognition.com

   Cognition said people had exchanged more than 100 million messages with Poke in the prior three months.

   Sources¹cognition.com
4. The next dayJul 24, 2026

   TechCrunch reported the price was in the low nine figures, confirmed by Marvin von Hagen.

   Sources¹techcrunch.com

Who joined Cognition

Founders first. Each card shows the role before the deal and links to a full profile.

Marvin von HagenHead of InteractionCo-founderFull profile →Felix SchlegelCo-FounderCo-founderFull profile →Samyok NepalMember of Technical StaffMember of Technical Staff, The Interaction Company of CaliforniaFull profile →Max LohmannMember of Technical StaffMember of Technical Staff, The Interaction Company of CaliforniaFull profile →PTPavel Tritchkovr&dHead of GTM & Ops, The Interaction Company of CaliforniaFull profile →

In their own words

1 quote, verbatim, with the date and a link to each.

Before Cognition

Places where people who joined with Poke overlapped with each other or with others now or formerly at Cognition.

What happened to Poke

Cognition said Poke users can continue using the product as before; TechCrunch was told nothing would immediately change for Poke through the end of the year, and that Poke would use Cognition's SWE-1.7 model for some tasks next year.

Cognition's other acquisitions

• Jul 14, 2025WindsurfWindsurf made an AI-powered IDE; Cognition's announcement called it "the agentic IDE".Open →
• Apr 29, 2026HavanaCognition'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.Open →
• Jul 20, 2026TierZeroTierZero makes "AI production agents that live in your stack, solve problems automatically, and get smarter with every issue they resolve."Open →
• Sep 10, 2026Dioxus LabsDioxus Labs makes Dioxus, which its site calls a fullstack crossplatform app framework for Rust.Open →
• Oct 28, 2026CorridorForbes 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.Open →

How we made this

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Enrich {name}, {title} at Cognition (Devin, Devin Desktop/Windsurf). Dig into what they've built or worked on at Cognition and how they got there, including any company Cognition acquired. Before Cognition, look for the specific teams, desks, labs and co-founders they worked with, and any olympiad, ICPC or training-camp history with teammates. Pull in their open source work and anything they've posted publicly about working at Cognition, quoted word for word. This is for a public page, so skip contact details.

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