{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cheeky Pint","title":"Cognition CEO Scott Wu on acquiring Windsurf, AI replacing engineers, and the Moneyball-ification of everything","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ea7ef508\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3473,"description":"Scott Wu joins John Collison to talk about Cognition’s AI software engineer, the Moneyball-ification of everything, math competitions with Alexandr Wang in 6th grade, acquiring Windsurf over a weekend, whether coding tools will be replaced by the labs, and why he thinks we already have AGI.\n\nFull transcript on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cheekypint/p/cognition-ceo-scott-wu-on-acquiring\n\nTimestamps\n(00:00) Intro\n(01:13) Early life and maths competitions\n(03:47) Addepar job as a high schooler\n(05:43) Where are all the young founders?\n(08:45) Moneyball-ification of everything\n(11:42) Cognition’s AI software engineer, Devin\n(15:46) Essential and accidental complexity\n(17:59) How Devin works with enterprises\n(19:48) IDE productivity\n(21:56) Nihilist computer use argument \n(25:55) Benchmarking Devin \n(27:15) Market structure \n(30:32) Agent economy\n(37:21) Cognition’s team of founders\n(39:31) Jevons paradox and software \n(42:00) When will we see AI UIs?\n(45:52) “I think we have AGI”\n(47:03) Windsurf deal\n(52:37) M&A in AI\n(54:21) Cognition’s culture \n(55:48) Learning as a CEO\n(57:12) Scott’s information diet","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yxGTFiQoO_yf4AoNETaTqI0qZ7bnSJakdxQ_jGkRaug/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZGFk/ODk1OGE5Y2ExZjc5/MGMxNjYwOWQxYjdi/YTlkYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}