// PERSON
Scott Wu
ROLE CEOAT COGNITIONMENTIONS 5LAST SEEN SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
// BIO
CEO of Cognition who claims Devin is meant to augment rather than replace programmers.
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// RECENT MENTIONS
// SIGNALS
5 SIGNALS
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mention·20VC·SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
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mention·StrictlyVC·AUGUST 20, 2026
“CEO Scott Wu disputed the report, stating the company 'is not for sale' and that 'the two companies haven't been in talks'”
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mention·Sourcery·JULY 24, 2026
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mention·StrictlyVC·MAY 30, 2026
“Devin, the company's AI coding agent, is meant to augment programmers rather than replace them, even though Devin already commits 89% of its own engineers' code.”
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hire·Uncapped with Jack Altman·MAY 27, 2026
“"I actually hired Scott Wu as an 18 year old 10 years ago. Like he'd won the gold medal three years in a row at IOI and, you know, top in the world the previous year." — Joe Lonsdale [00:33:34]”
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