# Travis Myers

GTM @ Cognition | Empowering Human Brilliance Through Agentic Reasoning  
Cognition  
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

## At Cognition

- Role: GTM (Sales/GTM)
- Joined: Apr 2025
- How they joined: With Windsurf (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/acquisitions/windsurf)
- Before Windsurf: GTM, Motive
- Overlapped before Cognition with other Cognition people at: Codeium (Windsurf); Texas State University (https://www.autumn.ai/resources/cognition/worked-together)

## Identity
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194
- Domain: cognition.ai

## Notes
- Promoted to Account Director on Cognition's Emerging Enterprise team, posting: "Excited to share that I've been promoted to Account Director on the Emerging Enterprise team at Cognition!" Under a year after the acquisition. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_excited-to-share-that-ive-been-promoted-activity-7459954685781684224-5XnJ)
- Posted Cognition's September 2026 recap verbatim: "We just had our biggest month ever. Here's what 30 days at Cognition looked like." listing a $1B run rate, a $2B+ Series E at a $48B valuation, a São Paulo office, Chris Degnan as CRO and Alex Stamos as CISO, SWE-2, Devin on macOS, Fusion and Devin in Microsoft Teams. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_we-just-had-our-biggest-month-ever-heres-activity-7511808095862595585--NYD)
- Cognition signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf, the agentic IDE, on 2025-07-14, including its IP, product, brand and people; his LinkedIn shows the Windsurf GTM role ending Jul 2025 with the note 'Windsurf acquired by Cognition Labs' and a Cognition GTM role starting the same month. (https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf)
- Joined the GTM team at Windsurf (formerly Codeium) in April 2025, announcing: "Thrilled to share that I've joined the GTM team at Windsurf (formerly Codeium)!" He arrived roughly three months before the Cognition deal. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_thrilled-to-share-that-ive-joined-the-gtm-activity-7316086726446272512-_gOw)
- In the same post he wrote: "None of this happens by chance. The focus here is clear. We are building the future of software engineering." and "Our customers trusted us early and push us hard. Your feedback is in every one of these launches." (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_we-just-had-our-biggest-month-ever-heres-activity-7511808095862595585--NYD)
- Posted: "Cognition's top 50 customers beat the S&P 500 by 24 points in the last year." arguing "It's not about how broadly you deploy. It's about where you aim." This customer-ROI framing (migrations, test coverage, backlog) is the enterprise sales pitch he carries as an Account Director. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_cognitions-top-50-customers-beat-the-sp-activity-7487899778689736705-B2RO)
- In the promotion post he wrote: "What we're building is genuinely changing how teams ship software. Getting to be part of that every day and helping enterprises tackle their biggest technical challenges fires me up." (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_excited-to-share-that-ive-been-promoted-activity-7459954685781684224-5XnJ)
- Live Odds Trader & Analyst at Simplebet (Jul 2022 to Apr 2023), working on a live-odds trading desk alongside the machine learning engineering team to improve pricing models and with the Customer Analytics and Games teams on personalization; this is his earliest hands-on exposure to ML-driven products. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Before Windsurf he was in GTM at Motive (fleet management software) in Austin from Nov 2024 to Apr 2025, his first move from sports betting into B2B SaaS sales. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Sportsbook Analyst, Risk & Account Manager at Sportnco (a GiG company), Apr 2023 to Nov 2024, monitoring bettor accounts and compliance across 19 operators in 8 countries for a US client; the account-management side of that role connects to his later GTM career. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Public headline says "GTM @ Cognition | Empowering Human Brilliance Through Agentic Reasoning". (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Reposts Cognition enterprise partnership news, including Mercedes-Benz adopting Devin and Windsurf (up to 25% faster delivery), Cognizant's Devin/Windsurf partnership and the Devin 2.2 launch. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mercedes-benz_ag_software-is-at-the-heart-of-our-entire-value-ugcPost-7454424100241825792-ELJI)
- Cognition closed a $400M round at a $10.2B valuation in September 2025, two months after buying Windsurf, days after Windsurf had lost its CEO and other staff to Google; he joined Cognition at the very start of that growth phase. (https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/cognition-valued-at-10point2-billion-two-months-after-windsurf-.html)
- Owned and ran Honest Bars LLC in the Austin area (Jul 2021 to Apr 2023), handling customer relationships, market research, finances and recurring vendor accounts. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Previous roles include GTM at Windsurf; GTM at Motive; Sportsbook Analyst, Risk, & Account Manager at Sportnco - a GiG company; Live Odds Trader & Analyst at Simplebet; Business Owner at Honest Bars LLC. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Education history includes Psychology B.A, Criminal Justice and Psychology, Texas State University; Associate's degree, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Santa Rosa Junior College. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Profile skills cluster around trading systems, sportsbook and pricing analysis, plus CRM and marketing strategy. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Location is Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)
- Based in the Austin, Texas metro area; his Windsurf and Cognition roles are both listed as Austin-based. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194)

## Experience
- GTM at Cognition - Austin, Texas, United States (Jul 2025 - Present)
- GTM at Windsurf - Austin, Texas, United States (Apr 2025 - Jul 2025): Windsurf acquired by Cognition Labs
- GTM at Motive - Austin, Texas, United States (Nov 2024 - Apr 2025)
- Sportsbook Analyst, Risk, & Account Manager at Sportnco - a GiG company (Apr 2023 - Nov 2024): ▪ Monitor and identify bettor accounts using data analysis, pattern recognition, and user behavior recognition.
▪ Oversee our strategies, offering, and results to ensure the success of our US client.
▪ Monitor compliance across 19 operators in 8 countries each with different compliance laws.
▪ Ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal policies, maintaining high standards of integrity.
▪ Implement risk management strategies to mitigate exposure and maximize profitability.
▪ Discussion and application of customers marketing strategy
- Live Odds Trader & Analyst at Simplebet (Jul 2022 - Apr 2023): ▪ Analyzing pricing and trading performance while working closely with machine learning
engineering team to enhance models
▪ Monitor all pricing for real-time odds and ensuring that data flows from data collections partners
are being recorded accurately
▪ Analyzing and monitoring risk in accordance with Simplebet risk management procedures
▪ Enhancing customer experience with real-time support, communicating effectively with both
internal and external partners regarding any feed issues or market mechanics
▪ Building out customer risk profiles and working with Customer Analytics and Games team to
enhance personalization
- Business Owner at Honest Bars LLC - Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area (Jul 2021 - Apr 2023): ▪ As the owner of Honest Bars I encompassed all responsibilities of the company from customer relationships,
data analysis, market research, and all financial responsibilities.
▪ Manage client accounts and sales ranging from individual customers to larger vendor accounts with reoccurring orders.

## Education
- Texas State University - Psychology B.A, Criminal Justice and Psychology - (Jan 2019 - Jan 2021)
- Santa Rosa Junior College - Associate's degree, Social and Behavioral Sciences - (Jan 2016 - Jan 2018)

## Sources
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis-myers-76899b194?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAC21U4ABTFHAGsONGWJrqLEVWAHjmkboGN8
- https://cognition.com/blog/windsurf
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/08/cognition-valued-at-10point2-billion-two-months-after-windsurf-.html
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/mercedes-benz_ag/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-mysak-00883445?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAAmOPggBvQQot1yc_iT6GUo1-WPsbw8Pyzc
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognition-ai-labs/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognizant/posts
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_excited-to-share-that-ive-been-promoted-activity-7459954685781684224-5XnJ
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_we-just-had-our-biggest-month-ever-heres-activity-7511808095862595585--NYD
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_thrilled-to-share-that-ive-joined-the-gtm-activity-7316086726446272512-_gOw
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_cognitions-top-50-customers-beat-the-sp-activity-7487899778689736705-B2RO
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/travis-myers-76899b194_were-hiring-sdrs-at-cognition-if-youre-activity-7446985343758938112-XXRs
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mercedes-benz_ag_software-is-at-the-heart-of-our-entire-value-ugcPost-7454424100241825792-ELJI


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