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Cognition added roughly $80M in run-rate revenue in six to eight months

Scott Wu · Cognition CEO Scott Wu on Acquiring Windsurf: The Process, The Deal, The Rationale · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jul 18, 2025 · at 27:28

Scott Wu is the CEO of Cognition. After host Harry Stebbings noted competitor Lovable grew from zero to $80M ARR, Wu revealed Cognition matched that organic growth scale without Windsurf.

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“Yeah, look, I don't want to get into exact numbers, but even with the windsurf deal aside, like not including that at all, we are basically, we've done roughly that as well in the last six to eight months.”

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