Cognition has two fundraising pitches, and current signals suggest the slow one is in play
menhguin · x · 2026-10-24
Finn Murphy jokes that Cognition runs two fundraising modes depending on monthly progress: when things are slow, the pitch is 'Scott Wu is computer'; when revenue is hot, it's 'we added an order of magnitude of revenue this quarter.' He reads current signals on X as indicating mode 1 is in play.
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