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Scott Wu

@ScottWu46

Hey Matan - CEO of Cognition here. I respect the work you have done at Factory but your allegations here about Cognition are not true.

We have no interest in Factory’s info and Chris has never brought it up. He has not shared and would never share any information about you or Factory with our team, nor would we ever ask. Similarly, we would never ask our engineers or anyone on our team to collect info about any competitor under-the-table. Chris is an advisor to at least 10 companies, and he told you he was resigning as an advisor on Monday.

The truth is we both wanted Chris and for good reason - he is a living legend with an unmatched reputation for results and integrity. Not only is he the only person who has built a sales org from the first sales hire to over 3B, he also has built incredible teams that he cares deeply about. His people love working for him.

Again, I have a lot of respect for what you’ve built, but competing with integrity doesn’t include posts like yours.

Matan Grinberg @matanSF

We are terminating Chris Degnan for unethical conduct involving Cognition.

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