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  "id": 18764,
  "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/ai-coding-startup-cognition-reportedly-already-in-talks-to-raise-at-40b-valuation",
  "title": "AI coding startup Cognition reportedly already in talks to raise at $40B valuation",
  "summary": "Cognition may be looking to raise another mega round just a few months after raising $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation.",
  "authors": "Julie Bort",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-12T18:19:12.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-13T05:10:37.786Z",
  "source_slug": "techcrunch-ai",
  "source_name": "TechCrunch",
  "source_homepage": "https://techcrunch.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/18764",
  "original_url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/ai-coding-startup-cognition-reportedly-already-in-talks-to-raise-at-40b-valuation",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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