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Robinhood Ventures backs AI coding tool Cognition with $10M investment

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Robinhood Ventures has invested $10 million in AI coding tool maker Cognition, the company behind the Devin AI agent. This investment follows Robinhood's prior backing of OpenAI, indicating a strategy of investing in multiple AI coding tool competitors. Robinhood Ventures head Sarah Pinto believes the market is not winner-take-all, citing the use of various AI coding tools by Robinhood's own engineers. AI

IMPACT This investment highlights continued strong investor confidence in AI coding assistants, suggesting a competitive market with multiple viable players.

RANK_REASON Significant venture funding round for an AI company. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Robinhood Ventures backs AI coding tool Cognition with $10M investment

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Morgan Chittum ·

    EXCLUSIVE: Robinhood bets $10 million on AI coding tool maker Cognition—after previously backing a rival

    “It’s not a winner-take-all market,” says Sarah Pinto, head of Robinhood Ventures.

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