Scott Wu

Scott Wu is co-founder and CEO of Cognition, the AI lab behind Devin, an autonomous software-engineering agent. Born in Louisiana in 1997, he is a competitive programmer who won three gold medals at the International Olympiad in Informatics, placing first in 2014. He co-founded Cognition in 2023 with backing from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund. Cognition is among the fastest-growing software companies on record, doubling Devin usage every eight weeks and reaching a $445 million revenue run rate within 18 months of launch.