NeoCognition, which wants to build AI agents that self-learn like humans, emerges from stealth with a $40M seed co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/ai-research-lab-neocognition-lands-40m-seed-to-build-agents-that-learn-like-humans/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260421/i36.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="http://www.techmeme.com/260421/p36#a260421p36" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Marina Temkin / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/ai-research-lab-neocognition-lands-40m-seed-to-build-agents-that-learn-like-humans/">NeoCognition, which wants to build AI agents that self-learn like humans, emerges from stealth with a $40M seed co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Investors are aggressively courting AI researchers to build startups that can make AI more reliable and efficient.</p>