AI Agents · Recursive self-improvement real but constrained by hardware, org processes, and long-horizon tasks

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Inside the Fastest-Growing Category in AI: Scott Wu, CEO of $26B Cognition

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Recursive self-improvement real but constrained by hardware, org processes, and long-horizon tasks

2026-07-27 · 5 company · 7 thematic

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scott wu

Scott Wu is a three-time International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) gold medalist and world champion at 17. He co-founded Cognition after working at Adapar, building Devin, the first autonomous AI programming agent. He leads a team of 450 engineers focused on enterprise and government AI agent deployments.

molly o'shea

Host of Sourcery VC podcast, interviews founders and investors about wealth creation, private markets, and technology trends. Runs collaborative series with A16Z Perennial on wealth management.

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