| Roles | Co-founder, Cognition |
|---|---|
| Links | cognition.ai |
About Walden Yan
Walden Yan is a co-founder of Cognition.
Cognition: Devin, the autonomous software engineer; bought Windsurf in 2025.
Today Cognition ranks #86 of 144 on the AGIX Leaderboard, with 4 research roles open. It's one of the companies shaping how general-purpose AI gets built, and Walden is part of that story.
Facts from public company information; lab figures from AGIX data, 2 Nov 2026. Walden, or someone who works with them? Suggest an update.