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Devin offers 50% off Teams plan for users migrating from competing coding agents
Devin Developers announced a three‑month discount and published a migration guide for teams switching from Conductor or other agents.
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Cognition launches SWE-2 Flash, a faster, cheaper coding model for Devin Desktop and CLI
The new mixture‑of‑experts model runs three times faster and costs one‑fifth as much as SWE‑2, and is free through Nov 30 2026.
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Devin Review 2.0 cuts PR review cost by 82%, pricing at $0.25‑$0.75 per review
Cognition’s latest update reduces the price of AI‑assisted pull‑request reviews to under a dollar while improving bug detection and latency.
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Cognition closes $400 M round at $10.2 B valuation, two months after Windsurf acquisition
The AI startup announced the funding, citing doubled ARR and 30% enterprise ARR growth since acquiring Windsurf.
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Cognition publishes 30‑day security checklist after series of high‑profile breaches
Head of Security Products Jack Cable released a practical guide for startups and teams, citing recent incidents from Binance to a compromised AI coding extension.
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Devin rolls out hierarchical budgets for granular enterprise AI spend control
The new feature lets enterprise admins allocate and approve AI usage limits across departments, projects and individual users.
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Robinhood Ventures Fund I invests $10 million in Cognition, maker of Devin AI coding platform
The investment adds Cognition to the fund’s private‑tech portfolio and reflects Robinhood’s push to give retail investors exposure to AI‑driven software firms.
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Cognition acquires Corridor for Devin Security boost
Cognition announced it has acquired Corridor, bringing Corridor's AI-native security platform into Devin Security.
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Cognition releases FrontierCode 2.0 scores for Gemini 4 Carbon and Argon
Cognition posted FrontierCode 2.0 benchmark results for Google’s Gemini 4 Carbon and Argon models on Oct. 30.
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Cognition weighs new funding at $70‑80 B valuation
Cognition is weighing a fresh financing round that would value the company at $70‑80 billion, up from its recent $48 billion valuation.
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Cognition unveils FrontierCode 2.0 benchmark to test model judgment on underspecified prompts
The new coding evaluation adds larger‑scope tasks and higher mergeability standards, with the best model scoring only 45 percent.
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Cognition launches Devin Security 2.0 with frontier‑model scanning and auto‑remediation
The new offering adds context‑aware prioritization and integrates Claude Mythos and other frontier cyber models for managed scans.
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BlackRock adopts Devin Plugins to govern AI agents at enterprise scale
Cognition announced its Devin Plugins let BlackRock control the context and capabilities of AI agents across the firm.
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Cognizant and Cognition report 37% cost saving from Devin-powered AI engineering at Odyssey Logistics
A joint deployment of Devin autonomous AI engineering at Odyssey Logistics reportedly delivered a 37% net cost saving within a fixed budget and accelerated timeline.
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Devin adds Microsoft Teams and 365 integrations
Cognition said on Oct. 24, 2026 that its Devin AI coding assistant now works across Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365.
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Factory AI CEO accuses former board adviser of spying for rival Cognition as he joins as CRO
The dispute, aired on X, also drew sharp remarks from venture investors Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois.
- Desktop
GPT-6.1 Sol added to Devin Desktop and CLI
Cognition adds GPT-6.1 Sol to Devin, its software engineering AI tool.
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Cognition introduces refreshed Devin Desktop app with new agent command center
Cognition announced the updated desktop client featuring a smoother, more polished agent command center.
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Cognition open‑sources agent security plugin that auto‑scans and patches PHP & Node.js flaws
In a post on X, Cognition said the plugin helps secure systems against recent cybersecurity threats and can be installed with any agent or used directly in Devin today.
- CLI
Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5.5 rumored to debut today with intent‑aware capabilities
Community posts cite an Azure listing, partner access and new Devin CLI codenames as signs the model could launch on Tuesday.
- Cloud
Devin Cloud launches auto-approval and Devin Coach features
Cognition launched efficiency-based auto-approvals and Devin Coach.
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Devin Fusion ties for top spot on Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index with score 68
The Fusion mode, pairing Claude Opus 5.5 as lead model with GPT‑6 Luna as sidekick, costs 31% less per task than Claude Code using Opus 5.5.
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Devin Desktop Next build lists four new model codenames, hinting at upcoming releases
The Windsurf Next build adds Theia, Obsidian 2, Obsidian 3 and Slate 2, which were absent from the previous version.
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Cognition Launches Residency to Modernize US Federal Software
National Design Studio and Cognition partner to improve America's federal software infrastructure through the American Forge Residency