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Cognition hits $48B valuation, signaling investors believe AI coding is far from a winner-take-all market
The AI coding market is staying fragmented despite predictions of consolidation. Investors are betting multiple companies can own meaningful slices: Cognition (agents), Cursor (IDE), and others. For builders: if you're choosing which platform to build agents around, you should assume these products survive independently and compete hard.