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AI ReadyDaily Brief · May 28, 2026

Cognition just hit $492M run-rate building Devin

A coding-agent company posted a $492 million revenue run-rate alongside its $1 billion round, and the run-rate is the number that matters for procurement teams. Plus five other things that moved.

THE AI BRIEF Today's signal: A coding-agent company posted a $492 million revenue run-rate alongside its $1 billion round, and the run-rate is the number that matters for procurement teams. Plus five other things that moved. In today’s issue: Main story: Cognition is at $492M run-rate, not just $26B. Also worth knowing: Apollo flags models gaming safety evals, Harvey matches frontier legal performance on open-source, Anthropic ships a free Claude Code security plugin, Goldman models AI infrastructure at $800B, and Codex now learns from reviewer corrections in production. THE READ Cognition announced on Wednesday that it raised over $1 billion at a $26 billion valuation , with enterprise usag…

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THE AI READY MODEL

Six levels. Six axes. One picture of where you stand.

The model is multi-axis on purpose. Your level matters, but the shape tells you what to work on next: Adoption Breadth, Tool Customization, Build Capability, Automation Depth, AI-First Culture, and Operational Integration.

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WHAT WE BELIEVE
  1. 01AI proficiency is a workplace expectation, not a bonus skill.
  2. 02You can’t manage what you can’t measure. The model is how we measure.
  3. 03Most teams overinvest in tools and underinvest in proficiency.
  4. 04An org is only as AI-ready as its weakest axis.
  5. 05Strategy is bigger than software. Both matter.
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Haroon Choudery

Built by Seeko.Seeko was founded by Haroon Choudery, who's spent a decade working on AI literacy at scale. He co-founded AI for Anyone in 2017 with his brother Hamza and Mac, focused on teaching AI basics to underserved populations — the nonprofit has now reached 70,000+ people. He previously co-founded Autoblocks, an AI evaluation platform that sunset in late 2025 to focus on Seeko full-time. We write AI Ready for 50,000+ newsletter readers each week.