Inside the grind: The SF startup racing to build an AI software engineer (14 minute read)

Cognition's Devin is an AI software engineer that can build software from start to finish without human involvement. When it launched in 2024, it was considered a step toward a long-held Silicon Valley dream of a machine that codes for you. Cognition's CEO, Scott Wu, believes that the technology doesn't mean the end of software engineering. Rather than eliminate engineers, Cognition's tools will allow them to focus on the best parts of the job while sparing them from the grunt work that traditionally consumes most of their time.