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Alex Stamos joins Cognition as CISO

Stamos argues that AI could make attacks cheaper to run while defenders face high costs to scan and repair older software. He says Cognition aims to help companies find and fix flaws more affordably.

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TLDR

Stamos announced on September 29 that he was joining Cognition as CISO. He says AI raises serious security risks but believes they can be addressed. He predicts attackers will automate more of their work and argues that the cost of frontier AI models could make it harder for smaller organizations to check and fix their software.

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39.2K

8 Sources, first seen 11d ago

304 likes15 comments26 saves27 reposts

Sentiment

Positive91.6%8.4%Negative

Summary

Positive accounts welcomed Cognition's early backing and Alex Stamos joining for the team's talent and AI progress, while some replies raised concerns about security risks tied to his prior roles.

Based on 53 sentiment-bearing replies from 49 accounts across 4 conversations.

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Sentiment

Positive91.6%8.4%Negative

Summary

Positive accounts welcomed Cognition's early backing and Alex Stamos joining for the team's talent and AI progress, while some replies raised concerns about security risks tied to his prior roles.

Based on 53 sentiment-bearing replies from 49 accounts across 4 conversations.

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8 Sources

Alex Stamos@alexstamosThere are real safety and security issues raised by AI, but they can be fixed. It's time to get to work instead of freaking out. That's why I'm joining Cognition as CISO. https://x.com/i/article/210493700466876006411d
Cognition@cognitionWelcome @alexstamos to Cognition.11d
Jared Palmer@jaredpalmer@cognition @walden_yan @alexstamos Welcome! Excited to work together @alexstamos 🚀11d
Ali Partovi@apartovi@alexstamos @ScottWu46 Congratulations to you and to Cognition!!! 🚀🚀🚀10d
Russell Kaplan@russelljkaplanThe future of software engineering is increasingly coupled with the future of cybersecurity. Incredibly excited to welcome @alexstamos to Cognition to help build that future with us.10d
8VC@8vcWe first backed @cognition in 2024, when Scott and the team were building ahead of the frontier. @DevinAI's architecture anticipated capabilities the underlying models did not yet have. We believed those capabilities would catch up, and that the harder challenge would be turning raw intelligence into finished enterprise work. AI would move from local to cloud and individual to collaborative, with harness engineering coordinating models, agents and humans into reliable execution. That's increasingly what we’re seeing. Better models enable agents to operate over longer horizons and take on more complex, higher-value tasks, giving humans far greater leverage and broadening the range of enterprise work Cognition can reliably execute. We’ve continued to double down as the team translated a remarkably clear thesis into incredible commercial traction, while showing a level of talent magnetism that's hard to overstate. It feels like every day another engineer with their own lore shows up to build alongside @ScottWu46, @russelljkaplan, @stevenkplus1 and @walden_yan... Today it's @alexstamos. Welcome to the team! Our latest on Cognition and the future of machine intelligence: https://www.8vc.com/resources/comparative-cognition10d
Walden@walden_yanRT @8vc: We first backed @cognition in 2024, when Scott and the team were building ahead of the frontier. @DevinAI's architecture anticipat…10d
Joe Lonsdale@JTLonsdaleWe first started investing in @cognition six financing rounds ago, in 2024; roughly eight years ago in AI years! What excited us then wasn’t simply the prospect of automating software engineering with some of the top talent we knew. @DevinAI pointed toward something much bigger, a true man-machine symbiosis where humans provide direction and judgment while agents execute and coordinate increasingly complex work across a jagged frontier of model capabilities. Two actual years later, the models improved remarkably quickly and the scope of what Cognition can do has expanded with them. We’ve continued to double down in every round as @ScottWu46, @russelljkaplan and the team have scaled with extraordinary urgency and ambition. Proud and honored to be along for the ride! Below is from @8vc on where we see machine intelligence heading:10d
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    Alex Stamos@alexstamosThere are real safety and security issues raised by AI, but they can be fixed. It's time to get to work instead of freaking out. That's why I'm joining Cognition as CISO. https://x.com/i/article/210493700466876006411d
    Cognition@cognitionWelcome @alexstamos to Cognition.11d
    Jared Palmer@jaredpalmer@cognition @walden_yan @alexstamos Welcome! Excited to work together @alexstamos 🚀11d
    Ali Partovi@apartovi@alexstamos @ScottWu46 Congratulations to you and to Cognition!!! 🚀🚀🚀10d
    Russell Kaplan@russelljkaplanThe future of software engineering is increasingly coupled with the future of cybersecurity. Incredibly excited to welcome @alexstamos to Cognition to help build that future with us.10d
    8VC@8vcWe first backed @cognition in 2024, when Scott and the team were building ahead of the frontier. @DevinAI's architecture anticipated capabilities the underlying models did not yet have. We believed those capabilities would catch up, and that the harder challenge would be turning raw intelligence into finished enterprise work. AI would move from local to cloud and individual to collaborative, with harness engineering coordinating models, agents and humans into reliable execution. That's increasingly what we’re seeing. Better models enable agents to operate over longer horizons and take on more complex, higher-value tasks, giving humans far greater leverage and broadening the range of enterprise work Cognition can reliably execute. We’ve continued to double down as the team translated a remarkably clear thesis into incredible commercial traction, while showing a level of talent magnetism that's hard to overstate. It feels like every day another engineer with their own lore shows up to build alongside @ScottWu46, @russelljkaplan, @stevenkplus1 and @walden_yan... Today it's @alexstamos. Welcome to the team! Our latest on Cognition and the future of machine intelligence: https://www.8vc.com/resources/comparative-cognition10d
    Walden@walden_yanRT @8vc: We first backed @cognition in 2024, when Scott and the team were building ahead of the frontier. @DevinAI's architecture anticipat…10d
    Joe Lonsdale@JTLonsdaleWe first started investing in @cognition six financing rounds ago, in 2024; roughly eight years ago in AI years! What excited us then wasn’t simply the prospect of automating software engineering with some of the top talent we knew. @DevinAI pointed toward something much bigger, a true man-machine symbiosis where humans provide direction and judgment while agents execute and coordinate increasingly complex work across a jagged frontier of model capabilities. Two actual years later, the models improved remarkably quickly and the scope of what Cognition can do has expanded with them. We’ve continued to double down in every round as @ScottWu46, @russelljkaplan and the team have scaled with extraordinary urgency and ambition. Proud and honored to be along for the ride! Below is from @8vc on where we see machine intelligence heading:10d
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