Big round · 9 September 2026

Cognition raises $2.0B Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 16 September 2026

Cognition, based in United States, has raised $2.0B in a Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, announced on 9 September 2026. 16 other investors joined. It is the 16th largest equity round we recorded in the twelve months to that date, and the 2nd largest Series E of 37. The median Series E over the same period was $314M, so this one is 6.4 times that. Its previous round on record was a growth round of $1.0B in May 2026, 3 months earlier.

Raised$2.0B3 sources reported it
StageSeries E1 earlier round on record
Investors182 named as lead
Where USUnited States

AISoftware

How big is it?

Against every equity round we recorded in the twelve months to 9 September 2026. Ranks count companies, so the same raise reported twice is counted once.

#16equity round of the last twelve months
#2Series E of 37 in that time
#12round in United States, of 1,121
This round$2.0B
Median Series E$314M

6.4 times the median Series E of the last twelve months.

Who invested

Also in the round

Funding history

  1. September 2026Series E$2.0B
  2. May 2026Growth$1.0B

$3.0B raised across the 2 rounds we hold.

Reported by

  1. TechCrunch8 September
  2. TechStartups9 September
  3. Ventureburn9 September

The round's figures come from these reports; each link opens the original.

Other big rounds that week

TThe Boring Co.$3.0B GrowthMach Industries$600M Series CHarvey$550M GrowthRRightway Healthcare$155M Series EClay$115M Series DMistral AI$3.5B Series D
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