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The Times of India
The Times of India
World
Poulomi Ghosh

Two rival CEOs of Silicon Valley AI companies fight over an employee. Vinod Khosla, an investor in both, steps in

Cognition and Factory AI, two rival AI coding startups of Silicon Valley, made a public spectacle when the CEOs fought it out on X over an employee, Chris Degnan. FactoryAI announced that they fired Chris as he was passing information to rival Cognition. Cognition's CEO said it never happened; he is not after rivals' sensitive information. Chris Degnan served as a Board Observer and Advisor to Factory AI.

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The announcement was a detailed statement made by Factory CEO Matan Grinberg who took a potshot at Cognition and accused Cognition of getting his company's information secretly. Grinberg said Cognition is a much larger competitor, but the company has fallen behind Factory AI and now they are feigning interviews to pry for information.

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