Scott Wu

Cognition raised over $400M at a $10.2B post-money valuation, with its AI coding agents growing from $1M to $73M ARR in nine months, and the Windsurf acquisition doubling combined enterprise ARR.

“Author of "Cognition Raises Over $400M at $10.2B Valuation" in Cognition”

Cognition acquired Windsurf and is demanding its 200-person team work 80-hour weeks or accept nine-month severance buyouts, with CEO citing an 'extreme performance culture' incompatible with work-life balance.

“CEO of Cognition who defended the company's extreme performance culture and 80-hour work week requirement in internal email and X post.”

Scott Wu argues that computer science fundamentals become more critical as AI coding tools rise in prevalence, and sees the long-term future of programming as a shift toward plain English descriptions executed by intelligent agents.

“Discussed the future of programming with AI coding agents and believes we may already be living with AGI.”