# Vineet Edupuganti

> Vineet Edupuganti is the San Francisco-based co-founder and CEO of Cogent, an AI security company founded in 2024. A Stanford electrical engineering graduate with a Stanford master’s degree, he previously worked in machine learning and product leadership at Abnormal AI. His earlier engineering work won the individual $100,000 award in the 2016 Siemens Competition for a biodegradable battery.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Cogent
- **Organizations:** Cogent, Abnormal AI, Facebook, New Relic, Stanford University
- **Education:** B.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, M.S., Computer Science, Stanford University, Oregon Episcopal School
- **Known for:** 2016 Siemens Competition individual winner, awarded $100,000., 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist., Co-founded Cogent, which announced $53 million in cumulative funding in February 2026.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Won the $100,000 individual prize in the Siemens Competition for biodegradable battery research.
- **2017** — Selected as a Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist.
- **Before 2020** — Worked in engineering and research roles at Facebook and New Relic.
- **During Stanford** — Stanford student biography described a forthcoming summer internship at Abnormal Security.
- **2021** — B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University.
- **2022** — Listed in Stanford’s M.S. Computer Science commencement program.
- **Before Cogent** — Progressed from machine learning engineering to product leadership at Abnormal AI, ultimately heading its Multi-Product Platform Division.
- **2024** — Co-founded Cogent with Geng Sng and Thanos Baskous.
- **2025-07** — Cogent publicly launched with $11 million in funding.
- **2026-02** — Announced Cogent’s $42 million Series A, bringing company funding to $53 million.

## Achievements

- 2016 Siemens Competition individual winner, awarded $100,000.
- 2017 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalist.
- Co-founded Cogent, which announced $53 million in cumulative funding in February 2026.
- Led Abnormal AI’s Multi-Product Platform Division.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Stanford published his Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders conversation with Ravi Belani, First Principles in the AI Era, on October 21.
- **2026-10** — Published Cogent’s Attack Path Analysis announcement on October 8.
- **2026-05** — SC Media lists his article 5 ways to defend against vibe hacking, published May 12.
- **2026-02** — Announced a $42 million Cogent Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures; Enrique Salem joined its board.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cogent.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vineetedupuganti/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/vineete_5

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Last updated: 2026-10-25