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Felix Schlegel

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Joined Cognition: Jul 2026
How they joined: With Poke
Before Poke: AppleSoftware Engineer Intern
Status: Current

Overlapped before Cognition

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Sources¹linkedin.com ²cognition.com

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LocationSan Francisco, California, United States

UniversityUniversity of Cambridge, Technical University of Munich

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Felix Schlegel announced he is joining Cognition. Quote: "excited to join @cognition!"Jul 23, 2026excited to join @cognition!
J A Z I I congratulated Felix Schlegel and Cognition and asked whether, as a Devin ambassador, they could now also be a Poke ambassador. Quote: "congrats guys as a devin ambassador, can i be pokie amb too now?"Jul 23, 2026excited to join @cognition!
Max Glik congratulated Felix Schlegel on joining Cognition. Quote: "congrats"Jul 23, 2026excited to join @cognition!
The Interaction Company of California, maker of the messaging assistant Poke, was acquired by Cognition, the company behind the autonomous coding agent Devin.Jul 23, 2026
Cognition disclosed no terms for the acquisition of The Interaction Company of California.Jul 23, 2026
Marvin von Hagen and Felix Schlegel are continuing building at Cognition. Quote: "Thrilled for Marvin von Hagen and Felix Schlegel as they continue building at Cognition."Jul 23, 2026
Felix M. Schlegel is a co-founder of The Interaction Company of California, the company behind Poke.com Quote: "The founders are Marvin von Hagen and Felix M. Schlegel."Sep 14, 2025
Felix Schlegel is CTO of the company, shaping the architecture that keeps the assistant context-aware and lightning fast Quote: "Felix Schlegel, a decorated International Olympiad in Informatics medalist, is now CTO, shaping the architecture that keeps this assistant context-aware and lightning fast."Sep 14, 2025
Felix Schlegel is a decorated International Olympiad in Informatics medalist Quote: "Felix Schlegel, a decorated International Olympiad in Informatics medalist, is now CTO"Sep 14, 2025
Felix Schlegel met co-founder Marvin von Hagen at a German hackathon as teenagers, bonded over code, and years later built the company Quote: "They met at a German hackathon as teenagers, bonded over code, and years later built something with the audacity to tackle communication overload at its root."Sep 14, 2025
The Interaction Company of California raised $15 million in seed funding at a $100 million valuation, with General Catalyst leading and Village Global and Earlybird Venture Capital participating, plus angel investors from Stripe, Dropbox, Google, OpenAI, Coinbase, and Vercel Quote: "They locked in $15 million in seed funding at a $100 million valuation, and the product they are betting on is Poke.com"Sep 14, 2025
Felix Schlegel is CTO and co-founder of Poke/Interaction (caption: "Poke’s Founders: Marvin von Hagen (CEO) and Felix Schlegel (CTO)").Sep 8, 2025

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