Marketing · Developer Marketing, Events & Special Projects

Matt Bergland

“Marketing, Events & Special Projects @ Cognition”

Joined Cognition
Jul 2025
How they joined
With Windsurf
Before Windsurf
SquadzHead of Community
Status
Current
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Researched with Autumn · 2026-11-04
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LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Company sitecognition.ai
LanguagesEnglish, French
UniversityThe Ohio State University, University of Puget Sound
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Notes
  • Moved from Community into Field Marketing & Events at Cognition (March 2026): "My career mission has always been focused on bringing people together through shared experiences and products."Mar 16, 2026
  • Drove Windsurf's sponsorship/takeover of SF's Bay to Breakers 2025: "'What if we sponsored Bay to Breakers this year?' I half-jokingly quipped to Kevin Hou. And then it actually happened." He credits Anshul & Varun (Codeium co-founders Anshul Ramachandran and Varun Mohan) for green-lighting the marketing team.May 20, 2025
  • Announced Windsurf launch on LinkedIn: "So incredibly proud to introduce Windsurf - the newest and first agentic IDE from the team at Codeium." and "Never coded before? No problem. Our integrated AI agent, Cascade, works like AI chat you're familiar with - but with boundless power hidden under the surface."Nov 13, 2024
  • Reposted with comment about Cognition's climbing session at Benchmark on 11/10 kicking off AIE Code Summit week with Judgment Labs and Google DeepMind: "While Devin AI is hillclimbing, you could be rock climbing!"Nov 3, 2026
  • X bio reads "marketing @cognition prev @windsurf (acq)", explicitly framing his path as Windsurf acquisition into Cognition; 3,566 X followers, account since 2012.Nov 2026
  • Hosted Cognition's afterparty for Modal Runtime after Scott's (Scott Wu, Cognition CEO) keynote: "we're hosting an epic afterparty TONIGHT 10/1 ... temporary tattoo parlor, exclusive merch, and a headline DJ set by Justin Jay!"Oct 1, 2026coming off of Scott's awesome keynote at Modal Runtime - we're hosting an epic afterparty TONIGHT 10/1 for conference attendees and friends! come join the party for delectable bites and drinks, a temporary tattoo parlor, exclusive merch, and a headline DJ set by Justin Jay! register here to dance with devin: https://lnkd.in/g2sm7fpB
  • On Cognition crossing $1B annualized revenue: "Super proud of the team, and very happy for our customers who are able to ship more than ever with Devin".Sep 25, 2026
  • On Cognition raising over $2B at a $48B valuation he wrote: "Incredibly proud of the team. Job's not finished. Keep going!"Sep 9, 2026
  • Public headline says "Marketing, Events & Special Projects @ Cognition".
  • Promoted Devin Security on X: "your software's security is our top priority! hire devin to protect your code".Oct 29, 2026
  • Promoted Cognition's NYC subway campaign: "nyc folks have you seen devin on the train?"May 30, 2026
  • Recruiting post for Cognition: "send this to the most cracked people you know / we're hiring: cognition.ai/careers".May 11, 2026

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