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Cognition Hires Over Half Former Founders in First 50 Employees

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Original postJosh Wolfe#1538
Grace Isford@graceisford

Thrilled to share some snippets from @Lux_Capital’s @cognition event sharing @ScottWu46’s wisdom on building Devin!

Cognition@cognition

More than half of Cognition's first 50 employees were former founders.

@ScottWu46 sat down with @breeves08 and @lux_capital to talk about correctness over comfort, staying focused on our mission, and what it takes to build an incredible team.

9:47 AM · Jun 5, 2026 · 4.7K Views
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Positive users praised Cognition for hiring former founders in its first 50 employees because it brings valuable lessons and explains Devin's success, while negative users mocked them as failed founders or accused misconduct.

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Cognition@cognition

Thank you to @lux_capital for hosting. Full video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z1xNMndrEY

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Cognition@cognition

More than half of Cognition's first 50 employees were former founders.

@ScottWu46 sat down with @breeves08 and @lux_capital to talk about correctness over comfort, staying focused on our mission, and what it takes to build an incredible team.

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henry@henrycoo0

@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital Former failed founders LOL.

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@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital former founders >>>>>

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Lulu Cheng Meservey@lulumeservey

@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital The people demand more @breeves08 content

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Alex Kaplan@alexkaplan0

@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital This was a really fun event

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Manupa@manupadev

@henrycoo0 @cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital And you think that's an insult ? A failed founder is a 100 untold lessons and a thousand more insights

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Cryptu@cryptucrypto

@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital and yet you rug a solana coin

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Adel Bucetta@adelbucetta

@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital that's actually a pretty common pattern in many successful startups founders know how to hire because they've done it before themselves. doesn't mean it's easy, but familiarity helps when scaling up

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AI Mastery Guide@aiseomastery

@cognition @ScottWu46 @breeves08 @Lux_Capital Hiring former founders who chose correctness over comfort explains a lot about how Devin turned out

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