Devin

Why it ranks #30

Devin, an AI software engineer by Cognition, ranks #30 of 999 AI agents and #5 of 40 in Software engineer, with a score of 6.7 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works · Score wrong? Suggest a change

1. Proof

   Do customers use it? 30% of the score

   7

   Claims named customers, a customer result and work done at scale.

   • +3
     Named customers

     “Devin works with the world’s leading companies, powering engineering teams across chip design at NVIDIA, aviation at GE Aerospace, financial services at Citi, automotive at Mercedes-Benz, and AI infrastructure at Modal.”

     Source · 8 Sep 2026
   • +2
     A customer result

     “Mercedes-Benz cut an eight-month legacy modernization project down to eight days.”

     Source · 27 May 2026
   • +2
     Work done at scale

     “How Nubank refactors millions of lines of code to improve engineering efficiency with Devin”

     Source

   Not found: revenue or growth (+4), a customer count (+2)

2. Scale

   Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

   3

   Raised $2.0B.

   • +3
     Raised $2.0B (Series E)Cognition raises $2B Series E at $48B valuation to scale DevinSource · 8 Sep 2026

3. Momentum

   Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

   10

   Shows a recent launch, hiring, a new claim and funding news.

   • +3
     Release post in the last 6 monthsIntroducing SWE-2: Pushing the Pareto FrontierSource · 10 Sep 2026
   • +3
     Hiring: 99 open rolesResearch Engineer, Post-Training, Founding Recruiting Operations Coordinator - APJ, Founding GTM Recruiter - JapanSource
   • +2
     A new traction claim

     “Devin works with the world’s leading companies, powering engineering teams across chip design at NVIDIA, aviation at GE Aerospace, financial services at Citi, automotive at Mercedes-Benz, and AI infrastructure at Modal.”

     Source · 8 Sep 2026
   • +2
     Funding news in the last yearCognition raises $2B Series E at $48B valuation to scale DevinSource · 8 Sep 2026

   Not found: founded in the last year (it was founded in 2024) (+1)

4. Autonomy

   How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score

   8

   Autonomous worker: completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

   • +8
     Level 3 of 4: Autonomous workerCompletes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.
   How the level was set

   • Level 3 (autonomous worker) from a reviewed decision that cites the product's own pages

   Level 3: Completes whole tasks; people handle exceptions.

About Devin

Launches and news

1. Release10 Sep 2026Introducing SWE-2: Pushing the Pareto Frontier
2. Release2 Jun 2026Introducing Devin Desktop

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