Espa Labs announced that the Cognition team raised $2B Series E capital at a $48B valuation.
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“So proud of Scott Wu, Emily Cohen, Russell Kaplan, and the whole Cognition team on their $2B Series E at $48B valuation.”
— Deon Nicholas|Espa Labs team
Company
Espa Labs
Building scalable, human-aligned AI systems that transform how life gets done.
- Industry
- Technology, Information and Internet
- Location
- San Francisco, US
- Company size
- 4 employees
We are an early-stage AI startup building the first AI-native productivity assistant that seamlessly integrates into your digital life to handle email, calendars, contacts, and tasks and make sure you never drop the ball. Backed by leading venture capital firms including Village Global, Neo, SV Angel, and researchers and executives from Anthropic, Microsoft, Cognition, Quora, Atlassian, and Waymo, we’re assembling a world-class founding team passionate about building scalable, human-aligned AI systems that transform how life gets done. Our founding team includes repeat entrepreneurs, AI researchers, and early engineers from companies such as Meta, Palantir, Dropbox, and Databricks. Collectively, we’ve built products used by millions, led teams at unicorn-stage AI companies, raised over $100 million in venture capital, and achieved exits to Fortune 500 firms. Together, we bring deep expertise across AI systems design, large-scale engineering, and growth at the intersection of technology and human productivity.