# Ron Miasnik

![Ron Miasnik](/resources/cognition/portraits/ron-miasnik.webp)

VP Business Development at Cognition (Devin, Windsurf); former Bain Capital Ventures partner  
Cognition  
New York, New York, United States

## At Cognition

- Role: VP Business Development (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Sep 2025
- How they joined: Directly
- Before Cognition: Partner, Bain Capital Ventures
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Microsoft (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmiasnik
- X: @RonMiasnik
- GitHub: https://github.com/rmiasnik

## Notes
- Joined Cognition in September 2025 as head of business development after being a partner at Bain Capital Ventures focused on AI; Fast Company says Devin 'kept coming up as one of the tools that was driving transformation at scale in a very meaningful way' in his BCV diligence. (https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale)
- Named to Fast Company's AI 20 for 2026; the profile credits him with forging deals and partnerships with enterprise clients including Goldman Sachs, Citibank and Santander. (https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale)
- BCV participated in Cognition's $400M round at a $10.2B valuation announced September 2025, the same month Miasnik joined Cognition. (https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale)
- Quoted on Cognition's positioning: "We actually see ourselves as a transformation partner that works at the highest levels of the organization to drive massive change." (https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale)
- Original post marking Cognition's $1B raise at a $26B valuation: "just getting started!" (https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/2059684437634244845)
- Calcalist reported he was 26 when appointed to head BCV's Israel activity; he graduated with honors in computer science from Princeton and founded and sold his first startup, Adora, while still a student, before product roles at Microsoft and Houzz. (https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sknwfnuolx)
- Reshared his Fast Company AI 20 profile on LinkedIn with the comment "lots more to do! 🙏". (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ronmiasnik_ai-20-the-autonomous-future-activity-7473574833037959168-SvTa)
- Quoted on AI and jobs: "Really, the only limits will start to become our own judgment and our own ambition and creativity." He argues AI will mean companies need more human engineers, not fewer. (https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale)
- Public headline says "Cognition". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmiasnik)
- Says Cognition early on had a vision of AI providing value through the entire software engineering lifecycle (code review, testing, documentation), not just generating code. (https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale)
- Reposted Windsurf 2.0 launch (managing agents and delegating to cloud Devin), Devin 2.2, Devin Review catching the axios supply-chain attack, and Cognition's AI Productivity Guarantee. (https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/2044534886262788317)
- At BCV he sourced Indian marketplace Pronto and an Austin-based robotics startup, built firm connectivity in the Gulf, and organized fellowship programs for engineers in San Francisco and New York. (https://baincapitalventures.com/insight/meet-ron-miasnik-our-newest-partner/)
- BCV team page tagged him across Applied AI, Security and Physical AI and co-authored insights with Christina Melas-Kyriazi (e.g. Crosby, AI products that close deals). (https://baincapitalventures.com/team/ron-miasnik/)
- Previous roles include Chief of Staff at Aleph; Co-Founder and CEO at Adora; Product at Microsoft; Ambassador at Sequoia Capital; Product at Houzz; Product at JFrog; Humanitarian Aid at Save the Children International. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmiasnik)
- BCV describes him speaking Mandarin with founders and having lived on the Tibetan Plateau; LinkedIn lists Save the Children humanitarian aid work in 2017-2018. (https://baincapitalventures.com/insight/meet-ron-miasnik-our-newest-partner/)
- Co-hosts NYC Shabbat dinners with Emmanuelle Zaoui, per Ali Debow's post he reposted. (https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/1916353511379636310)
- Location is New York, New York, United States. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmiasnik)

## Experience
- VP Business Development at Cognition (Sep 2025 - Present)
- Partner at Bain Capital Ventures (Jan 2023 - Present): On assignment to Cognition
- Investor at BCV / Angel (Sep 2023 - Present): Crosby, Chai Discovery, Eon, Applied Compute, Terrafirma, David AI, Watney, Pronto, Hone, Sable, Dream Security, Console (acq PANW)
- Chief of Staff at Aleph - Tel Aviv, Israel (Jan 2021 - Jan 2023)
- Co-Founder and CEO at Adora (Jan 2019 - Jan 2021): SaaS business I co-founded in college. Acq Jan 2021.
- Product at Microsoft (Jan 2020 - Jan 2020)
- Ambassador at Sequoia Capital (Jan 2019 - Jan 2020)
- Product at Houzz - Palo Alto, CA (Jan 2019 - Jan 2019)
- Product at JFrog - Beijing, China (Jan 2018 - Jan 2018)
- Humanitarian Aid at Save the Children International - Hong Kong and Bangkok (Jan 2017 - Jan 2018)

## Education
- Princeton University - BA, Computer Science: Awards:
Entrepreneur of the Year, Computer Science Achievement, Student Teaching

Finished in seven semesters. Significant coursework in finance, economics, and politics.

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmiasnik
- https://www.fastcompany.com/91550829/ron-miasnik-is-helping-cognition-drive-ai-transformation-at-scale
- https://baincapitalventures.com/insight/meet-ron-miasnik-our-newest-partner/
- https://github.com/rmiasnik
- https://x.com/RonMiasnik
- https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/sknwfnuolx
- https://baincapitalventures.com/team/ron-miasnik/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmiasnik?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABW-LPcBE9_TFJ83eRNZwlYJvic0EkCFuPU
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/2059684437634244845
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ronmiasnik_ai-20-the-autonomous-future-activity-7473574833037959168-SvTa
- https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/2044534886262788317
- https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/1934991371279970784
- https://x.com/RonMiasnik/status/1916353511379636310


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