Ashlee Vance profiles Scott Wu and Cognition: 'The Rise Of A Nerd King'
kyliebytes · x · 2026-09-04
Core Memory publishes Ashlee Vance's feature on Cognition and Scott Wu, "The Rise Of A Nerd King." Wu met Vance at 18 in 2015 — already a competitive programming legend with international medals and Legendary Grandmaster status. Son of chemical engineers who left China for the US in the 1980s (his dad was a tournament Go player), Wu went on to poker exploits, daring acquisitions, and building Devin — with Cognition still coming for your code. Paid longread.
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