# Patton Jones

Partnerships @ Cognition  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: Partner Director (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Jun 2025
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: Data Ops Lead, Growth, AgVend
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Stanford University (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- In September 2026 he publicly backed Scope Labs as a Devin consulting partner, writing: "Scope Labs is setting the bar for AI-native engineering consulting. They're helping customers build higher-leverage engineering organizations, unlock step-change gains in throughput, and move toward an AI-native development lifecycle with Devin. Excited about the model Jack Phifer, Cory O'Shea, and the team are building together with Cognition." Together with the zeb post. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pattonjones_rethinking-how-software-gets-built-scope-activity-7508944308473905152-iW5e)
- In September 2026 he publicly announced Cognition's partnership with zeb, writing: "Cloud agents are rapidly reshaping what engineering teams can accomplish. It's critical to partner with a team that matches that urgency and has the technical depth to move quickly. Excited about our work with zeb to accelerate enterprise engineering with Devin. We're just getting started". (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pattonjones_big-news-zeb-has-partnered-with-cognition-activity-7508234475244498944-ha-3)
- Promoted to Partner Director at Cognition in May 2026 after roughly nine months in GTM Ops (Aug 2025 - May 2026), a move from internal operations to owning channel and services partnerships for Devin. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Joined Windsurf as Partner Ops in June 2025, weeks before Cognition acquired Windsurf in July 2025; his LinkedIn marks the Windsurf role 'Acquired by Cognition' and he moved onto Cognition's payroll in August 2025. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- He has gone from Partner Ops at an acquired company (Jun 2025) to Partner Director at the acquirer (May 2026) in under a year. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Kyle Coapman's March 2026 'I've joined Cognition' post names Patton Jones as one of the GTM team building Cognition's go-to-market engine, alongside Salima Ghadimi, Guilherme Grupenmacher, Eddie Mattout, Calvin Giroud, Nicholas Erdenberger and Russell Kaplan. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kylecoapman_new-adventure-ive-joined-cognition-were-activity-7443286623359954945-DHx8)
- Checkmarx thanked 'the great team at Cognition Windsurf', naming Brian Smitches, Zach Diamond and Patton Jones, after the Cognition booth at AWS re:Invent in December 2025, where Checkmarx Developer Assist was demoed inside the Windsurf IDE. This is an early example of the technology partnerships he worked on. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/checkmarx_the-cognition-booth-was-buzzing-at-amazon-activity-7402461614844694528-9yWh)
- Squaredeal was accepted into the Techstars Austin 2023 cohort. Colin Gardiner's Mentor Madness post lists 'Squaredeal - Patton Jones Davis Jones' among the accepted companies. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colingardiner_another-great-techstars-austin-mentor-madness-activity-7034715115530715137-cgAa)
- At AgVend (Oct 2023 - Jun 2025) he went from Project Manager, Partner Onboarding to Solutions Engineer to Data Ops Lead, Growth. AgVend makes white-labeled SaaS for the largest ag retailers in North America, and he helped build a standardized ledger for agricultural data moving through the supply chain. Partner onboarding there leads straight into his partner ops work at Windsurf. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Founded Sansaba Logistics (Mar 2023 - Apr 2024) to build operational software for regional meat processing plants with direct-to-consumer supply chains, aimed at 'supporting the independent beef industry'. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Patton was Squaredeal's Co-Founder & CTO (May 2020 - Sep 2022) and then CEO through March 2023. His LinkedIn calls it a 'business in a box SaaS for SMBs' with a built-in regional marketplace. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Public headline says "Partnerships @ Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- A 2024 SEC Reg CF offering document for Downland, an Austin-based accelerator for regenerative farmers and ranchers, lists 'Patton Jones. Advisor. TechStars, AgVend'. (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2016917/000167025424000264/document_2.pdf)
- Squaredeal rebranded as CTX Market in 2021. UT Austin's advertising school described co-founders 'Davis and Patton Jones, friends and Austinites in charge' and their pitch of a digital farmer's market of Central Texas local businesses. (https://advertising.utexas.edu/news/rebranding-your-roots)
- Worked as an Associate at MWM Consulting in London (Sep 2018 - Sep 2020), a boutique executive search and consulting firm serving FTSE 100 companies. This was his only stint outside startups before he went back to building companies. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Earned a BA in International Relations and Affairs from Stanford University (2010-2014), a non-CS degree. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Reposted Jeff Wang's October 2026 announcement of Devin Security 2.0, a product partners would sell into enterprise security buyers. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jefflinwang_devin-security-20-built-for-the-new-threat-activity-7520510365877731328--oQR)
- Founded StreamATX (Jun 2016 - Feb 2018), a local Austin media channel that used then-new livestream technology to produce content cheaply. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Previous roles include GTM Ops at Cognition; Partner Ops at Windsurf; Data Ops Lead, Growth at AgVend; Solutions Engineer at AgVend; Project Manager, Partner Onboarding at AgVend; Founder at Sansaba Logistics; Co-Founder & CEO (Techstars '23) at Squaredeal; Co-Founder & CTO at Squaredeal. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Education history includes Bachelor of Arts - BA, International Relations and Affairs, Stanford University. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)
- Location is Austin, Texas, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones)

## Experience
- Partner Director at Cognition - Austin, Texas, United States (May 2026 - Present)
- GTM Ops at Cognition - Austin, Texas, United States (Aug 2025 - May 2026)
- Partner Ops at Windsurf - Austin, Texas, United States (Jun 2025 - Sep 2025): Acquired by Cognition
- Data Ops Lead, Growth at AgVend - Austin, Texas, United States (Jan 2025 - Jun 2025): whitelabeled system of action SaaS for largest ag retailers in north america. Helped build out a standardized ledger for agricultural data moving through supply chain
- Solutions Engineer at AgVend - Austin, Texas, United States (Jun 2024 - Jan 2025)
- Project Manager, Partner Onboarding at AgVend - Austin, Texas, United States (Oct 2023 - Jun 2024)
- Founder at Sansaba Logistics - Austin, Texas, United States (Mar 2023 - Apr 2024): Supporting the independent beef industry -- Building operational software for regional meat processing plants with direct to consumer supply chains.
- Co-Founder & CEO (Techstars '23) at Squaredeal - Austin, Texas, United States (May 2020 - Mar 2023): Business in a box SaaS for SMBs differentiating through a built in marketplace scoped by geographical region. Techstars Austin cohort 2023
- Co-Founder & CTO at Squaredeal - Austin, Texas, United States (May 2020 - Sep 2022)
- Associate at MWM Consulting - London, England, United Kingdom (Sep 2018 - Sep 2020): Boutique executive headhunter/consultancy serving FTSE 100 businesses, based out of London
- Founder at StreamATX - Austin, Texas Area (Jun 2016 - Feb 2018): Local media channel leveraging (new) livestream technology to produce and serve content at a fraction of the cost
- Co-Founder at Eazl - San Francisco Bay Area (Aug 2014 - Jun 2016): EdTech - Bite sized animated videos and educational content for early career job seekers, served via online course marketplaces. Top course, "Career Hacking" has enrolled ~100,000 students to-date.

## Education
- Stanford University - Bachelor of Arts - BA, International Relations and Affairs - (Jan 2010 - Jan 2014)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pattonjones?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAsP5DcBJrd_7hP-rn25UsahjSe__aur7D0
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-schwager-3988911b?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAQ5MeQBDc8prYr8Yb0ZRLvHQmezhptEOGw
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefflinwang?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAIU70ABoq4f17O2Fls4IOq5yGVjaa1us0c
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kylecoapman_new-adventure-ive-joined-cognition-were-activity-7443286623359954945-DHx8
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/checkmarx_the-cognition-booth-was-buzzing-at-amazon-activity-7402461614844694528-9yWh
- https://universitystar.com/18714/life-and-arts/love-where-you-live-local-shopping-app-seeks-to-support-local-businesses-grow-community/
- https://advertising.utexas.edu/news/rebranding-your-roots
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/colingardiner_another-great-techstars-austin-mentor-madness-activity-7034715115530715137-cgAa
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2016917/000167025424000264/document_2.pdf
- https://www.hercampus.com/school/stanford/patton-jones-14-0/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pattonjones_rethinking-how-software-gets-built-scope-activity-7508944308473905152-iW5e
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pattonjones_big-news-zeb-has-partnered-with-cognition-activity-7508234475244498944-ha-3
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcel-schwager-3988911b_partner-director-us-activity-7518122418188627969-sXgt
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jefflinwang_devin-security-20-built-for-the-new-threat-activity-7520510365877731328--oQR


Researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-04. Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people/patton-jones · Everyone at Cognition: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/people