Ashlee Vance Profiles Cognition's Scott Wu: From Legendary Grandmaster to Devin
kyliebytes · x · 2026-09-04
Ashlee Vance publishes a long-form profile of Cognition founder Scott Wu, the mind behind coding agent Devin. Highlights: Wu reigned as a competitive programming Legend Grandmaster before Silicon Valley knew him; his family left China in the 1980s — indirectly, he says, because of his father's tournament Go playing; when Vance met him at 18, he was already quietly exceptional. The through-line: Cognition is still coming for your code.
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