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Cognition’s Scott Wu: “If anything, there’s going to be a lot more software engineers. Everyone talks about Jevons paradox and how it relates to AI; I think there’s nowhere that it’s more true than software, because we really never seem to run out of demand for more code and more software.”

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New episode with Scott Wu (Scott Wu), CEO and co-founder of @cognition, the company behind Devin Unlike other AI coding tools, Devin works like an autonomous engineer that you interact with through Slack, Linear, and GitHub, just like with a remote engineer. Each of Cognition's 15 engineers works with a team of Devins, and these Devins are writing about 25% of Cognition’s code today. By the end of the year, they expect over 50% of their code to be written by Devin. In our conversation, we discuss: 🔸 How Devin has evolved from a high school CS student to a strong junior engineer just in the past year 🔸 Why software engineering will shift from “bricklayers” to “architects” 🔸 Why AI tools will lead to *more* engineering jobs rather than fewer 🔸 The eight pivots Cognition went through before landing on their current approach 🔸 The cultural shifts required to successfully adopt AI engineers like Devin at your company 🔸 Much more Listen now 👇 • YouTube: • Spotify: • Apple: Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the podcast: 🏆 Enterpret — Transform customer feedback into product growth: 🏆 Paragon — Ship every SaaS integration your customers want: 🏆 Attio — The powerful, flexible CRM for fast-growing startups:

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Where engineering meets AI. A look back at RAISE Summit, where we joined Cognition to share how data, technology and collaboration are shaping the future of Formula One. #RAISE2026

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