- conflicts or gaps
- [{"funding_total_discrepancy": {"value": "Total raised reported as $2.8M (Sacra, LegalTech Atlas, LinkedIn), $2.92M (CB Insights), and $2.95M over 2 rounds (Tracxn).", "source_urls": ["https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A", "https://legaltechatlas.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitionip"]}, "funding_stage_discrepancy": {"value": "Most sources classify July 2019 round as Seed; Tracxn labels it Series A.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip", "https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A"]}, "ceo_discrepancy": {"value": "YC, Sacra, and company site list Andrew Tjang as CEO; Tracxn lists Bryant Lee as CEO (likely stale).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://www.cognitionip.com/team/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A"]}, "company_type_discrepancy": {"value": "Primary sources describe a tech-enabled law firm; Tracxn and LegalTech Atlas categorize as patent analytics/management software platform.", "source_urls": ["https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A", "https://legaltechatlas.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://www.cognitionip.com/"]}, "hq_location_discrepancy": {"value": "Primary HQ San Francisco (50 California St); Tracxn lists Palo Alto; LinkedIn also references Palo Alto office.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitionip"]}, "employee_count_discrepancy": {"value": "YC reports 12; LinkedIn 9; Datanyze 11; public team page lists 8 individuals.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitionip", "https://www.datanyze.com/companies/cognition-ip/443450743", "https://www.cognitionip.com/team/"]}, "yc_founder_roster_gap": {"value": "YC company page lists only Andrew Tjang; Bryant Lee omitted despite co-founder status on company site and third-party databases.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://www.cognitionip.com/story/", "https://legaltechatlas.com/companies/cognition-ip"]}, "legal_entity_not_on_website": {"value": "COGNITION IP TECHNOLOGY INC appears in Tracxn but not on public company website or YC profile.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A", "https://www.cognitionip.com/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cognition-ip"]}, "no_public_valuation": {"value": "No disclosed post-money valuation found in accessible primary or secondary sources.", "source_urls": ["https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip"]}, "vc_backed_law_firm_model": {"value": "Raised ~$2.8M+ seed but continues operating as independent IP law firm rather than scaling as software product; long-term outcome/return path not publicly documented.", "source_urls": ["https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://www.cognitionip.com/story/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip"]}, "revenue_financials": {"value": "No verified revenue, profitability, or growth metrics in public sources.", "source_urls": ["https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip"]}}]
- source urls
- ["https://legaltechatlas.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://parsers.vc/startup/cognitionip.com/", "https://sacra.com/c/cognition-ip/", "https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/14/cognition-maker-of-the-ai-coding-agent-devin-acquires-windsurf/", "https://theorg.com/org/cognition-ip", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/cognitionip/__CoU1l5Q8H1UKqorBbsCWk2D-N3QOL3St8hCpZkbtB-A", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/cognition-ip", "https://www.cognitionip.com/", "https://www.cognitionip.com/story/", "https://www.cognitionip.com/team/", "https://www.datanyze.com/companies/cognition-ip/443450743", "https://www.legaltechlive.com/p/bryant-lee-and-andrew-tjang-founders-4d3", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitionip", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cognition-ip", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/industry/legal"]