Where Cognition's people met before Cognition

The founders and their contest teammates

Nine people, ten shared teams, papers and companies. Each row is one person; select a mark to jump to that group.

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Andrew HeHuman Software EngineerPPIICCUPaper 2013: A Simple Proof of the Cayley Formula using Random Graphs; Paper 2014: An Elementary Proof of the Cayley Formula Using Random Maps; IOI team 2014: United States of America IOI team 2014; IOI team 2015: United States of America IOI team 2015; ICPC team 2016: MIT ZERO (MIT); ICPC team 2019: MIT NULL (MIT); Universal Cup team 2025: USA1 (Universal Cup); joined Cognition Nov 2023.

Scott WuCo-Founder and CEOPIPILunchclubPaper 2013: A Simple Proof of the Cayley Formula using Random Graphs; IOI team 2013: United States of America IOI team 2013; Paper 2014: An Elementary Proof of the Cayley Formula Using Random Maps; IOI team 2014: United States of America IOI team 2014; Lunchclub: Jun 2017 to Jun 2022, Co-Founder and CTO; joined Cognition Nov 2023.

Steven HaoCo-FounderPIPICPaper 2013: A Simple Proof of the Cayley Formula using Random Graphs; IOI team 2013: United States of America IOI team 2013; Paper 2014: An Elementary Proof of the Cayley Formula Using Random Maps; IOI team 2014: United States of America IOI team 2014; ICPC team 2016: MIT ZERO (MIT); joined Cognition Nov 2023.

DCDaniel ChiuAdvisorIIOI team 2015: United States of America IOI team 2015; joined Cognition Aug 2025.

Allen LiuResearcherCICPC team 2018: MIT TWO (MIT); joined Cognition Jun 2026.

Kevin SunSoftware EngineerCCUICPC team 2018: MIT TWO (MIT); ICPC team 2019: MIT NULL (MIT); Universal Cup team 2025: USA1 (Universal Cup).

Yang LiuResearcherCICPC team 2018: MIT TWO (MIT).

Adhyyan SekhsariaFounding EngineerLunchclubLunchclub: Sep 2020 to Aug 2021, Software Engineer; joined Cognition Nov 2023.

Gennady KorotkevichSoftware EngineerUUniversal Cup team 2025: USA1 (Universal Cup); joined Cognition Dec 2024.

Scale AI

16 people with Cognition profiles were at Scale AI before Cognition; 14 were there at the same time in September 2021. Each bar is one person's time at Scale AI.

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14 at once · Sep 2021

Calvin HuangStaff Software EngineerCalvin Huang, Staff Software Engineer, Jun 2017 to Jul 20242017–2024

Steven HaoSoftware EngineerSteven Hao, Software Engineer, Jan 2018 to May 20222018–2022

Patricio PerezEngineering ManagerPPPatricio Perez, Engineering Manager, Mar 2018 to Jul 20252018–2025

David MorseVP/GM Sales and OpsDMDavid Morse, VP/GM Sales and Ops, May 2018 to Oct 20222018–2022

Ramiro Silveyra d'AvilaSoftware EngineerRamiro Silveyra d'Avila, Software Engineer, Oct 2018 to Jan 20232018–2023

Sara XiangHead of Content UnderstandingSara Xiang, Head of Content Understanding, Jan 2019 to Jul 20222019–2022

Elliot BransonVP of Machine Learning & EngineeringElliot Branson, VP of Machine Learning & Engineering, Jul 2019 to Apr 20242019–2024

Russell KaplanDirector of Engineering & MLRussell Kaplan, Director of Engineering & ML, 2020 to 20242020–2024

Federico MarcosSenior Software EngineerFederico Marcos, Senior Software Engineer, Apr 2020 to Feb 20222020–2022

Andrew KarposHead of Corporate Finance and StrategyAndrew Karpos, Head of Corporate Finance and Strategy, Aug 2020 to Mar 20242020–2024

Gary (Bin) ChangStaff Engineer and ManagerGCGary (Bin) Chang, Staff Engineer and Manager, Sep 2020 to Nov 20232020–2023

Brooke ArthurVP, GTM - InternationalBABrooke Arthur, VP, GTM - International, Mar 2021 to Aug 20252021–2025

Matias Pierobon MarcosPlatform EngineerMMMatias Pierobon Marcos, Platform Engineer, Jul 2021 to Jan 20232021–2023

Ouliana TrofimenkoGlobal Vice President, Talent Acquisition and Executive SearchOuliana Trofimenko, Global Vice President, Talent Acquisition and Executive Search, Sep 2021 to Oct 20252021–2025

Roshan FernandoHead of Product, Applied AI for EducationRoshan Fernando, Head of Product, Applied AI for Education, Feb 2024 to Oct 20252024–2025

Nicholas SchröderHead of Creative Ops & ProductionNicholas Schröder, Head of Creative Ops & Production, May 2025 to Dec 20252025–2025

Co-founded together

Startups that people at Cognition started together before they joined.

Same small company at the same time

19 smaller companies, labs and schools where two or more people from Cognition overlapped, with each person's dates there.

Were at the same large company

35 large companies and twelve universities where two or more people from Cognition were at some point, not necessarily on the same team.

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Enrich {name}, {title} at Cognition (Devin, Devin Desktop/Windsurf). Dig into what they've built or worked on at Cognition and how they got there, including any company Cognition acquired. Before Cognition, look for the specific teams, desks, labs and co-founders they worked with, and any olympiad, ICPC or training-camp history with teammates. Pull in their open source work and anything they've posted publicly about working at Cognition, quoted word for word. This is for a public page, so skip contact details.

Groups

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Autumn research tasks

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Sources

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Groups come from the dated roles, schools, papers and contest results in each person's Autumn profile. People count as overlapping when their dates at the same place cross. "Co-founded" and "worked together" are used only for the same startup, paper or named team.