Scott Wu

Co-founder & CEO at Cognition (Devin)

Scott Wu is co-founder and CEO of Cognition, which created Devin — the world's first autonomous AI software engineer. Their 15-person engineering team uses Devin to build Devin, with a quarter of their PRs committed by AI.

The Visionary The Operator

Dimension Profile

Strategic Vision 85%

Execution & Craft 80%

Data & Experimentation 60%

Growth & Distribution 55%

Team & Leadership 55%

User Empathy & Research 60%

Key Themes

autonomous AI software engineer AI building AI working with multiple AI agents 25% to 50%+ AI-written PRs 15-engineer team with AI leverage future of software engineering

Episode Summary

Scott Wu reveals how Cognition's 15-person engineering team uses Devin (their autonomous AI software engineer) to build Devin itself, with each engineer running up to five Devins simultaneously. Currently a quarter of their PRs are AI-authored, projected to exceed half by year's end, offering a glimpse into how AI agents will transform software development.

Leadership Principles

→ Use your own AI product to build your AI product — dogfooding at the deepest level
→ Each engineer working with up to five Devins simultaneously multiplies the team's output
→ AI PRs will go from 25% to over 50% within a year — plan for this acceleration

Notable Quotes

"Our whole team is only 15 engineers. Most folks are working with up to five Devins at once. Devin merges several hundred pull requests into production every month."
— On how Cognition uses AI agents to dramatically multiply their small team's output

"It's in the neighborhood of a quarter or so. We expect it to be a decent bit more than half by the end of the year."
— On the trajectory of AI-authored code at Cognition

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