Walden Yan - Co-founder @ Cognition - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Overview

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Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Co-founder
Primary Organization
Cognition

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

Investor Type
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Walden Yan is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Co-founder of Cognition. Walden Yan attended Harvard University.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - The Interaction Company of California

on

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The Interaction Company of California

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	The Interaction Company of California	—	Seed Round - The Interaction Company of California	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Standard Kernel	—	Seed Round - Standard Kernel	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Raindrop	—	Seed Round - Raindrop	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

is the

Co-founder

at

. Additionally,

has had

past job as the

Co-Founder & CEO

at

.

Cognition Co-founderNov 2023

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
DeepReason	Co-Founder & CEO	Feb 2022	Jun 2023

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Education

studied at

Harvard University

.

Harvard University Bachelor's degreeComputer Science and Economics20202024

Recent News and Activity

Funding Round•

Apr 8, 2026

The Interaction Company of California raised

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from Arash Ferdowsi and 15 other investors

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Funding Round•

Mar 11, 2026

Standard Kernel raised

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from Alumni Ventures and 15 other investors

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Funding Round•

Dec 1, 2025

Raindrop raised

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from Akshay Kothari and 11 other investors

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