SWE-2 Flash Beats Open Models, Stays Closed
Cognition says SWE-2 Flash beats every American open-weight model at a fifth of SWE-2's price, but citing cyber risk, it keeps the weights private.
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Cognition says SWE-2 Flash beats every American open-weight model at a fifth of SWE-2's price, but citing cyber risk, it keeps the weights private.
Read the storyDevin maker Cognition passed a $1 billion revenue run rate, about double its May figure, weeks after a funding round valued it at $48 billion.
Cognition's SWE-2, post-trained from Kimi K3, comes within a point of Fable 5.1 on FrontierCode at 64% less cost and stops overthinking simple tasks.
Cognition raised over $2 billion at a $48 billion valuation, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel, as Devin's run-rate revenue neared $900 million.