AI research lab NeoCognition lands $40M seed to build agents that learn like humans

NeoCognition, founded by Ohio State professor Yu Su, has emerged from stealth with $40M seed funding to build self-learning AI agents that specialize like humans. The startup addresses current agents' poor reliability (Su claims ~50% success rate) by developing systems that rapidly master domain-specific rules. Backers include Cambium Capital, Walden Catalyst Ventures, Vista Equity Partners, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, and Databricks co-founder Ion Stoica.