# Walden Yan

> Walden Yan is co-founder and CPO of Cognition. Devin on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder and CPO, Cognition.

Walden Yan co-founded Cognition with Scott Wu and Steven Hao in 2023 and is its chief product officer. Like his co-founders, he is a competitive programmer who won gold at the International Olympiad in Informatics.

## What Walden builds

- [Devin](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/devin.md), graded C, 55.7/100, in Agent harnesses. Devin is Cognition's hosted coding agent. It works in its own cloud virtual machine to plan, edit code, run commands and open pull requests. Outside agents start and steer sessions through a REST API and a remote MCP server. Co-founder and CPO, Cognition, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Scott Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-wu/), Co-founder and CEO, Cognition
- [Steven Hao](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/steven-hao/), Co-founder and CTO, Cognition

## Backed by

- [Founders Fund](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/founders-fund/)
- [Lux Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lux-capital/)
- [8VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/)
- [General Catalyst](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/general-catalyst/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)
- [Avenir](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/avenir/)
- [Neo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/neo/)
- [Elad Gil](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/elad-gil/)
- [Definition Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/definition-capital/)
- [Swish VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/swish-vc/)
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)
- [Hanabi Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hanabi-capital/)
- [D1 Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/d1-capital-partners/)
- [Alpha Wave](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alpha-wave/)
- [Positive Sum](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/positive-sum/)
- [Vitruvian Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/vitruvian-partners/)
- [Conversion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/conversion-capital/)
- [137 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/137-ventures/)
- [Soma Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/soma-capital/)
- [Omri Casspi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/omri-casspi/)
- [Ribbit Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ribbit-capital/)
- [Atreides Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/atreides-management/)
- [Layer Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/layer-global/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)
- [Greylock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greylock/)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/)
- [Altimeter Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altimeter-capital/)
- [BOND](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bond/)
- [Meritech Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/meritech-capital/)
- [Valor Equity Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/valor-equity-partners/)
- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)
- [DST Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dst-global/)
- [HOF Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hof-capital/)
- [BoxGroup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/boxgroup/)
- [Battery Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/battery-ventures/)
- [Stripes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stripes/)
- [Journey](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/journey/)
- [A* Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/a-capital/)
- [Alkeon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alkeon-capital/)
- [Diffusion](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/diffusion/)

## Questions

### Who is Walden Yan?

Walden Yan co-founded Cognition with Scott Wu and Steven Hao in 2023 and is its chief product officer. Like his co-founders, he is a competitive programmer who won gold at the International Olympiad in Informatics.

### What does Cognition AI, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Devin from Cognition AI, Inc.. Devin is Cognition's hosted coding agent. It works in its own cloud virtual machine to plan, edit code, run commands and open pull requests. Outside agents start and steer sessions through a REST API and a remote MCP server.

### Who has invested in Cognition AI, Inc.?

The sources our research read name Founders Fund, Lux Capital, 8VC, General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Avenir, Neo, Elad Gil, Definition Capital, Swish VC, Bain Capital Ventures, Hanabi Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Alpha Wave, Positive Sum, Vitruvian Partners, Conversion Capital, 137 Ventures, Soma Capital, Omri Casspi, Ribbit Capital, Atreides Management, Layer Global, Benchmark, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital, BOND, Meritech Capital, Valor Equity Partners, T. Rowe Price, DST Global, HOF Capital, BoxGroup, Battery Ventures, Stripes, Journey, A* Capital, Alkeon Capital and Diffusion.

### How are Walden's tools graded?

Devin is graded C, 55.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://devin.ai/
- https://cognition.com/about
- https://cognition.com/team-spotlights
- https://cognition.com/blog/introducing-devin
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition_AI
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wu

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