FormerEngineering · Human Software Engineer

Andrew Gao

“Cognition, Sequoia, Stanford”

Joined
Jan 2025
How they joined
Directly
Before Cognition
Sequoia CapitalSummer Analyst
Status
Former
“internally we gave devin a credit card and people would have devin buy stuff for the office. you'd often see packages addressed to "Devin {last_name_of_designated_human}"”
Human Software Engineer · Apr 2026 · X

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Details
LocationStanford, California, United States
UniversityStanford University
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Notes
  • Public headline says "Cognition, Sequoia, Stanford".
  • Personal website: https://andrew.md/; this comes from the profile summary and preserves the person's own positioning.
  • Previous roles include Human Software Engineer at Cognition; Venture Partner at Contrary; Summer Analyst at Sequoia Capital; Software Engineer at Etched; Software Engineering Intern at Pika; Software Engineer at Exa; Software Engineering Intern at LangChain; ML Research Intern (comp bio focus) at San Diego Supercomputer Center.
  • Education history includes Bachelors, Computer Science, Stanford University; Canyon Crest Academy; Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University.
  • Location is Stanford, California, United States.

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