Cognita’s mission is to increase the world’s access to healthcare—and radiology is where that impact can begin.

Radiology sits at the front line of diagnosis, is facing a growing global workforce shortage, and is already deeply digitized. Together, these realities make it uniquely positioned for AI to drive meaningful, large-scale change. Cognita’s first stage is focused on expanding access to radiology by helping clinicians work more efficiently and accurately, at scale.

Our founding team met at Stanford, where they began applying comprehensive AI to radiology. Building on that foundation, Cognita develops vision-language models that read imaging studies the way radiologists do—interpreting the entire study in clinical context and generating draft results that support faster, more precise decision-making. In partnership with Radiology Partners, our models are trained and validated on one of the world’s largest real-world radiology datasets.

We’re building an exceptional engineering team to tackle one of the most challenging problems in applied AI. If you’re passionate about using AI to transform how healthcare is delivered, we’d love for you to explore our open roles.

Our Culture

How we work, together

We work better together

We’re an in-person team. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, we work side by side every day. Being in the same room helps us move faster, learn from one another, and build strong, lasting relationships. We believe the best work happens when great people collaborate in person.

We build from first principles

We think deeply before we build. We question assumptions, reason from fundamentals, and execute with speed and clarity—without compromising quality.

We value impact over optics

We operate as a true meritocracy. Impact matters more than appearances. Feedback is direct, respect is non-negotiable, and we support one another with the ownership, trust, and resources needed to do the best work of our careers.

We build for clinicians—and patients

Our decisions are grounded in care. Every choice we make is driven by supporting clinicians and improving patient outcomes.

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