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Every Inc.
Every is a New York-based applied AI lab and media company that bundles a daily AI newsletter, a suite of consumer AI software products, and a consulting arm under one subscription. Founded by Dan Shipper and Nathan Baschez in 2020 as a bundle of business newsletters, it has evolved into an AI-native studio that ships products like Cora (email), Spiral (writing), Sparkle (file organization), and Monologue (voice dictation) - largely built with AI-written code by a team of roughly two dozen people.
Simile
Simile is a Palo Alto applied AI lab building a foundation model that simulates human behavior. Spun out of Stanford by the team behind the viral 'Smallville' generative-agents paper, the company builds digital twins of customers, voters, employees and analysts so enterprises can rehearse decisions before making them. It emerged from stealth in February 2026 with a $100M Series A led by Index Ventures.
Cognition
Cognition is the San Francisco AI lab behind Devin, the first autonomous AI software engineer, and the post-acquisition home of the Windsurf IDE. Founded in 2023 by three IOI gold-medalists, the company builds agents that plan, write, test and ship production code, and is reshaping how engineering teams scale.