- Joined Cognition
- Jul 2025
- How they joined
- With Windsurf
- Before Windsurf
- Grafana LabsDirector - Cloud Partnerships
- Status
- Current
- Joined Cognition through its acquisition of Windsurf (formerly Codeium): his LinkedIn lists Director - Partnerships at Windsurf in 2025 with the note 'Acquired by Cognition July 2025'.Jul 2025
- Head of Partnerships - Americas & EMEA at Cognition since 2025, leading a global team focused on Systems Integrators, Consulting Firms, and Cloud partnerships; based in Austin, Texas.2025
- On 2026-10-19 he announced Cognition's partnership with McKinsey & Company 'to help enterprises turn AI-powered engineering into measurable business outcomes', a month after posting the consulting-partnerships hiring call.Oct 19, 2026Proud to partner with McKinsey & Company to help enterprises turn AI-powered engineering into measurable business outcomes.
- Announced on 2026-09-15 the official launch of Cognition's partnership with AWS ('Devin joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem'), a channel he knows from three years as an AWS Technology Partnerships BD manager (2020-2023); tagged AWS's Ruba Borno among others.Sep 15, 2026Extremely excited to see this partnership officially launch! Devin joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem brings much-needed engineering capacity to accelerate migrations and modernizations. Yael Teryohin Art L. Ruba Borno Jeff Grimes Zoe Selzer McKinley Rafe Gándola Daniel Quang
- On 2026-09-10 he sought a senior hire (former Engagement Managers/Principals/Associate Partners from McKinsey, BCG, Bain) to lead consulting partnerships at Cognition, a sign the consulting channel was being formalized as its own motion.Sep 10, 2026We're looking to hire someone to lead consulting partnerships here at Cognition. If you are currently working, or have worked, at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc. and want to join one of the most exciting companies in the AI space please reach out!! This is a senior role (former Engagement Managers/Principals/Associate Partners) who will own all aspects of business development, executive engagement, and partner strategy & execution. https://lnkd.in/gzyGDPeA Art Levy Ron Miasnik Krishna Kantheti Sigberto Alarcon
- Commented on Cognition raising over $2B at a $48B valuation (2026-09-08): Devin 'is powering engineering teams at the world's largest companies, including NVIDIA, GE, Citi, Mercedes-Benz, Modal, and many more.'Sep 8, 2026It's still early days for cloud agents and Cognition, but this represents the validation we're seeing in the market. Devin is powering engineering teams at the world's largest companies, including NVIDIA, GE , Citi, Mercedes-Benz, Modal, and many more. Very proud to be working at this company! Back to work.
- Led the LTM (LTIMindtree) partnership embedding Devin AI into LTM's BlueVerse RightLogic (2026-07-28), working with Harsh Naidu, Gunasiri Perera and Sourabh Dixit.Jul 28, 2026Really excited about our partnership with LTM. Working with Harsh Naidu, Gunasiri Perera, 👨🏻💻 Sourabh Dixit, and the rest of the team was such a pleasure. Embedding Devin AI into BlueVerse Rightlogic is just the beginning. We're not just selling another AI tool, we're delivering outcomes for our customers. Benton Bagot Dhrov S.
- Brought Devin AI to the Databricks ecosystem (2026-06-17), with Devin to be purchasable through the Databricks Marketplace to speed migrations to Databricks; thanked Stephen Orban, Caleb Little and Heather Akuiyibo.Jun 17, 2026We're really excited to bring Devin AI to the Databricks ecosystem. Customers who want to leverage Devin to accelerate their migration to Databricks will soon be able to purchase directly through the Databricks Marketplace. A big thanks to Stephen Orban, Caleb Little, and Heather Akuiyibo
- Promoted the Infosys-Cognition strategic partnership (2026-01-07), saying Devin AI would 'transform client delivery at Infosys'; tagged Gardner Johnson (a former Grafana partner colleague) and Sandeep Parekh (who leads Cisco's global SI team) among others.Jan 7, 2026Incredible to see Devin AI transform client delivery at Infosys. Augmenting client engineering delivery with AI Agents will help resolve complex production challenges with incredible efficiency! Just the beginning. Ameen Mirdamadi Gardner Johnson Sachet Agarwal Sandeep Parekh Brian Smitches Mason Batchelor https://lnkd.in/g9YMPGee
- At Codeium he posted (2025-01-07): 'Exciting times at Codeium! Can't wait to bring this next "giant AI application" to market with our partner community', the earliest public trace of his AI-coding partner work.Jan 7, 2025Exciting times at Codeium! Can't wait to bring this next "giant AI application" to market with our partner community
- Director - Cloud Partnerships at Grafana Labs (2023-2024), global lead for the AWS, Azure and Google cloud partnerships.2023
- On 2026-05-29 he framed Cognition as 'an independent model lab' able to use 'the right model for the right task'.May 29, 2026Incredible milestone for Cognition. As token usage continues to grow exponentially, our position as an independent model lab allows us to deliver the best price-performance outcomes for customers and partners by using the right model for the right task. We're just getting started, and I couldn't be more excited about the future of our partner ecosystem.
Leading a global team focused on Systems Integrators, Consulting Firms, and Cloud partnerships
Acquired by Cognition July 2025
Global Lead for AWS, Azure, and Google
I’m hiring for two incredible Partner Directors in the US and LATAM!! Cognition is at the epicenter of the most exciting technology transformation in history and partners will play a critical role in continuing to expand the adoption of Devin AI. If you, or someone that you know, are interested in joining please shoot me a DM and apply online. US: https://lnkd.in/gWN2NW8t LATAM: https://lnkd.in/gdrZWfBp
Proud to partner with McKinsey & Company to help enterprises turn AI-powered engineering into measurable business outcomes.
Scope Labs is defining what it means to be an AI enabled engineering firm. The Cognition team loves working with Jack Phifer, Cory O'Shea, and the whole Scope team.
Sometimes you just know when a partnership is going to work and that's exactly how it felt when we first met Gunasiri Perera and the LTM team. We care about the same thing: driving outcomes for our customers and doing it quickly. Looking forward to deepening this partnership and genuinely looking forward to spending more time with LTM Harsh Naidu Benton Bagot Art L.
Extremely excited to see this partnership officially launch! Devin joining the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem brings much-needed engineering capacity to accelerate migrations and modernizations. Yael Teryohin Art L. Ruba Borno Jeff Grimes Zoe Selzer McKinley Rafe Gándola Daniel Quang
We're looking to hire someone to lead consulting partnerships here at Cognition. If you are currently working, or have worked, at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, etc. and want to join one of the most exciting companies in the AI space please reach out!! This is a senior role (former Engagement Managers/Principals/Associate Partners) who will own all aspects of business development, executive engagement, and partner strategy & execution. https://lnkd.in/gzyGDPeA Art Levy Ron Miasnik Krishna Kantheti Sigberto Alarcon
It's still early days for cloud agents and Cognition, but this represents the validation we're seeing in the market. Devin is powering engineering teams at the world's largest companies, including NVIDIA, GE , Citi, Mercedes-Benz, Modal, and many more. Very proud to be working at this company! Back to work.
Really excited about our partnership with LTM. Working with Harsh Naidu, Gunasiri Perera, 👨🏻💻 Sourabh Dixit, and the rest of the team was such a pleasure. Embedding Devin AI into BlueVerse Rightlogic is just the beginning. We're not just selling another AI tool, we're delivering outcomes for our customers. Benton Bagot Dhrov S.
We're really excited to bring Devin AI to the Databricks ecosystem. Customers who want to leverage Devin to accelerate their migration to Databricks will soon be able to purchase directly through the Databricks Marketplace. A big thanks to Stephen Orban, Caleb Little, and Heather Akuiyibo
Incredible milestone for Cognition. As token usage continues to grow exponentially, our position as an independent model lab allows us to deliver the best price-performance outcomes for customers and partners by using the right model for the right task. We're just getting started, and I couldn't be more excited about the future of our partner ecosystem.
Incredible to see Devin AI transform client delivery at Infosys. Augmenting client engineering delivery with AI Agents will help resolve complex production challenges with incredible efficiency! Just the beginning. Ameen Mirdamadi Gardner Johnson Sachet Agarwal Sandeep Parekh Brian Smitches Mason Batchelor https://lnkd.in/g9YMPGee
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