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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