- Joined
- Jul 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- CRVInvestment Intern
- Status
- Current
- Current role is Chief of Staff, APAC at Cognition (since Sep 2026), and his LinkedIn About says he is 'Currently leading Cognition's Korea efforts'.Sep 2026
- Joined Cognition as a GTM Engineer in Jul 2026 and was promoted to Chief of Staff, APAC about two months later in Sep 2026.Jul 2026
- On X (2026-07-25) he posted 'I should bring my Stanford teammates to come erg at the @cognition office lol'; days later (2026-07-28) he wrote 'Going to Korea in a couple days… anyone there?' and then 'Last call my schedule almost all filled up'.Jul 28, 2026Going to Korea in a couple days… anyone there?
- Spoke as ALPHAG3N founder at The Wave Seoul 2023 (6/29/2023), covered by The Miilk as an 'Alpha generation' founder and blockchain/AI developer; an early tie to the Korean tech scene.Jun 29, 2023
- Intern at Branch and Bound (CodeTree), Jul 2022-Sep 2023, a South Korean coding-education startup whose slogan translates to 'a coding study guidebook made by national team members' and which teaches 'from complete beginners to the International Information Olympiad'.Jul 2022
- USACO results list a 'USA | 2024 | Joshua Koo' (graduation year 2024, matching his Nueva class) scoring 1000 (perfect) in the January 2019 Silver contest and 771 in the January 2021 Gold contest. This is competitive-programming olympiad history, and. The match is on name and graduation year only. No ICPC, IOI-team or training-camp roster naming him or his teammates was found.Jan 2021
- On X (2026-10-07) he posted 'One-shotted a walkable 3D @Stanford boathouse with Devin. Not too different from our actual one.', mixing his rowing life with dogfooding Devin.Oct 7, 2026One-shotted a walkable 3D @Stanford boathouse with Devin. Not too different from our actual one. https://t.co/BNRNK2jUVa
- On X (2026-09-25) he posted 'I don't use Cognition either. I use Devin.', his most-liked recent post (75 likes), playing on the product brand being better known than the company name.Sep 25, 2026I don’t use Cognition either. I use Devin.
- A LinkedIn post (2026-07-23) about a 'Physical AI at NBA Summer League' activation in Vegas: 'Happy to have been part of this special project!... I think we're still in the early days of human-AI interaction in physical spaces.'Jul 23, 2026Happy to have been part of this special project! Seeing something you've worked on come to life is always rewarding, but it's especially cool when it's happening live at NBA Summer League in Vegas. I think we're still in the early days of human-AI interaction in physical spaces. The most interesting experiences won't just happen on our phones or laptops. They'll happen where people already are, making live events feel more personal and interactive. Excited to keep building toward that future!
- Cognition, his employer, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf (formerly Codeium) in July 2025, about a year before he joined; Windsurf has since been rebranded as Devin Desktop. Public sources do not show that he worked at Windsurf.Jul 2025
- Public headline says "CS & Math @ Stanford | Student Athlete".
- On X (2026-10-26) he posted 'Inspired by Devin VMs:' with a link.Oct 26, 2026Inspired by Devin VMs: https://t.co/mAqru5h7qL
Walk-on Coxswain
GTM eng and partnerships
Startups and writing
Inspired by Devin VMs: https://t.co/mAqru5h7qL
One-shotted a walkable 3D @Stanford boathouse with Devin. Not too different from our actual one. https://t.co/BNRNK2jUVa
I was explaining Devin to my friend earlier today and he thought I said you can deploy a fleet of Asians in parallel lmao
I don’t use Cognition either. I use Devin.
@ameyajadhav_ Devin
Hey Devin build me an app that does my laundry. Make no mistakes.
@itsalxgg Cognition in 5
Happy to have been part of this special project! Seeing something you've worked on come to life is always rewarding, but it's especially cool when it's happening live at NBA Summer League in Vegas. I think we're still in the early days of human-AI interaction in physical spaces. The most interesting experiences won't just happen on our phones or laptops. They'll happen where people already are, making live events feel more personal and interactive. Excited to keep building toward that future!
I should bring my Stanford teammates to come erg at the @cognition office lol https://t.co/Kwead3b2wz
How can small athletes get sponsored. I feel like I’m missing out
Some dudes name in the airport is Kim Jong Yeun lmfao
Tony Stark please hire me https://t.co/kSNyeUtoiF
