- Joined
- Apr 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer Intern
- Status
- Current
“i've officially left stanford to join the cognition research team full-time. … since joining cognition as an intern back in april, i've watched this company grow and myself along with it. i cannot think of a better place to learn and contribute to frontier intelligence w/ the support of such ambitious and kind people.”
- Left Stanford in Oct 2026 to join Cognition's research team full-time under Silas Alberti, focused on design for model-training efforts; in her words: "i've officially left stanford to join the cognition research team full-time. i'm excited to work under @silasalberti to further cognition's model training efforts with a focus on design."Oct 27, 2026first launch with the team! i've officially left stanford to join the cognition research team full-time. i'm excited to work under @silasalberti to further cognition’s model training efforts with a focus on design. since joining cognition as an intern back in april, i've watched this company grow and myself along with it. i cannot think of a better place to learn and contribute to frontier intelligence w/ the support of such ambitious and kind people. much to come!
- Rebuilt Devin's Command K palette from scratch in her 2nd week with Jorge Zreik: "in my 2nd week at @cognition, i rebuilt devin's Command K (⌘K) palette from scratch with @ZreikJorge!" It is now the universal search surface of the Devin webapp, built on the cmdk library.Aug 27, 2026in my 2nd week at @cognition, i rebuilt devin's Command K (⌘K) palette from scratch with @ZreikJorge! i designed it as a do-it-all menu. i strongly believe you should be able to type in any concept (whether it be a settings toggle, an old wayward session, or even a quick prompt idea) and have it in front of you in 1-2 keystrokes. as software evolves, we shouldn't be thumbing through dashboards, menus, and buttons. the onus can & should be on the app to deliver you what you want. this will be especially important as we move to new semantic-focused input methods, like voice or brain-computer interfaces. beautifully made ⌘K palettes exist in other apps like linear, notion, retool, claude, and more. many, like ours, are based on the cmdk library. developing the devin webapp's ⌘K palette has been one of my favorite design and product engineering projects - it's now the universal search surface for the app! ⭐️
- Credited for Design (with Joseph Alessio) on Cognition's 'Introducing FrontierCode' coding benchmark launch, published 2026-06-08.Jun 8, 2026
- 8VC Fellow (2026 cohort). 8VC states that at Cognition she designed and engineered features for Devin's cloud agent interface including the central command palette, in-chat artifacts and previews, and a model-routing function; rebuilt the company website; helped launch FrontierCode; and flew on-site to deploy Devin to customers in the Czech Republic.2026
- Design philosophy, verbatim: "as software evolves, we shouldn't be thumbing through dashboards, menus, and buttons. the onus can & should be on the app to deliver you what you want. this will be especially important as we move to new semantic-focused input methods, like voice or brain-computer interfaces."Aug 27, 2026in my 2nd week at @cognition, i rebuilt devin's Command K (⌘K) palette from scratch with @ZreikJorge! i designed it as a do-it-all menu. i strongly believe you should be able to type in any concept (whether it be a settings toggle, an old wayward session, or even a quick prompt idea) and have it in front of you in 1-2 keystrokes. as software evolves, we shouldn't be thumbing through dashboards, menus, and buttons. the onus can & should be on the app to deliver you what you want. this will be especially important as we move to new semantic-focused input methods, like voice or brain-computer interfaces. beautifully made ⌘K palettes exist in other apps like linear, notion, retool, claude, and more. many, like ours, are based on the cmdk library. developing the devin webapp's ⌘K palette has been one of my favorite design and product engineering projects - it's now the universal search surface for the app! ⭐️
- Also credited for Design (with Joseph Alessio) on the FrontierCode 1.1 update; contributors listed include Jeffrey Ling and Walden Yan.2026
- Portfolio (katiecheng.me) lists Devin for Discord ('A fully functional Discord integration for Devin') and a redesign of Cognition's DeepWiki visualizations ('DeepWiki Graphs').2026
- Software Engineer Intern at Microsoft, MSAI Copilot (Redmond, Jun-Sep 2025); her portfolio shows a 'Copilot Prompt Builder: A prompt-building interface for Microsoft Copilot' from that work.2025
- Stanford BS Computer Science (AI track) with a minor in Art Practice, currently on leave; 8VC lists expected graduation 2027.2026
- Earlier Microsoft SWE internship on M365 Core via the TNT Program (Redmond, Jun-Aug 2024).2024
- Intern at Terra API in London (Aug-Oct 2024), working on API integration and growth.2024
- Reacted to the Mac VM launch and worked alongside the team that shipped DevinBench-era features; replied 'congrats @jkelleyrtp !!! honor to overlap with you' when Dioxus creator Jonathan Kelley's arrival at Cognition was announced.Sep 10, 2026@cognition @jkelleyrtp congrats @jkelleyrtp !!! honor to overlap with you
cognition.com/research
devin.ai/cloud
MSAI Copilot
API Integration + Growth
M365 Core, TNT Program
(On leave)
first launch with the team! i've officially left stanford to join the cognition research team full-time. i'm excited to work under @silasalberti to further cognition’s model training efforts with a focus on design. since joining cognition as an intern back in april, i've watched this company grow and myself along with it. i cannot think of a better place to learn and contribute to frontier intelligence w/ the support of such ambitious and kind people. much to come!
in my 2nd week at @cognition, i rebuilt devin's Command K (⌘K) palette from scratch with @ZreikJorge! i designed it as a do-it-all menu. i strongly believe you should be able to type in any concept (whether it be a settings toggle, an old wayward session, or even a quick prompt idea) and have it in front of you in 1-2 keystrokes. as software evolves, we shouldn't be thumbing through dashboards, menus, and buttons. the onus can & should be on the app to deliver you what you want. this will be especially important as we move to new semantic-focused input methods, like voice or brain-computer interfaces. beautifully made ⌘K palettes exist in other apps like linear, notion, retool, claude, and more. many, like ours, are based on the cmdk library. developing the devin webapp's ⌘K palette has been one of my favorite design and product engineering projects - it's now the universal search surface for the app! ⭐️
this is what you call a real foodie. super fun jamming on this @samyok
@cognition @jkelleyrtp congrats @jkelleyrtp !!! honor to overlap with you
i didn’t know what a RSA number was last week, but luckily @penlume is great at both explaining and factoring
THE most ott-standing team i’ve ever been a part of 🦦
@bnistordev @cognition @ZreikJorge it’s on purpose! it’s where users’ eyes most commonly land on a screen 👀
Go for it all https://t.co/9cvEX4hdBJ
@samyok @DoorDash @cognition @DevinAI cost vs score for anyone curious https://t.co/tDa1dHGZvN
delighted to see win95 on my feed congrats on the launch @OfficialAmogh @humanbehaviorai https://t.co/jt1m749xqe
