Khosla's Shaun Maguire: Cognition is 'Infosys masquerading as Anthropic'
shaunmmaguire · x · 2026-10-01
Shaun Maguire, partner at Khosla Ventures, took a public swipe at Cognition, the company behind Devin, calling it "Infosys masquerading as Anthropic" — implying it sells outsourced labor dressed up as frontier AI. The jab from one of AI's most prominent investors targets the hottest name in coding agents and is likely to reignite debate over the quality and valuation of agent-driven services.
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