Cogito
AcquiredBoston, US · Delaware corporation · 6 known investors
Cogito, now part of Verint, provides real-time AI coaching and monitoring solutions for contact centers to improve customer and employee experience. The platform delivers CX/EX scoring, real-time agent coaching, and automation bots to reduce handling time, increase sales, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Also known as Cogito Corp · Cogito Corporation
Founders & leadership

Board

Investors · 6
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$159.1M disclosed across 10 rounds · 2014–2021
▶$42.3MraisedMar 2022 · 15 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Susan CarstensenDirector
- David KleinDirector
- Mark MidleDirector
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- John TincoffDirector
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $42.3M
- Amount sold
- $42.3M
- Sales commissions
- $877.5K
- Placement agents
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
- First sale
- Nov 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$20.7MraisedAug 2020 · 12 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Mark MidleDirector
- Scott MaxwellDirector
- David KleinDirector
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $25M
- Amount sold
- $20.7M
- Sales commissions
- $90K
- Placement agents
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
- First sale
- Aug 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$19.5MraisedSep 2019 · 6 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Scott MaxwellDirector
- David KleinDirector
- Mark MidleDirector
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Dustin PedersonExecutive Officer
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $25M
- Amount sold
- $19.5M
- First sale
- Aug 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$45MraisedNov 2018 · 15 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Dustin PedersonExecutive Officer
- David KleinDirector
- Scott MaxwellDirector
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Mark MidleDirector
- Offering amount
- $45M
- Amount sold
- $45M
- First sale
- Jul 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$5MraisedApr 2018 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Dustin PedersonExecutive Officer
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- David KleinDirector
- Scott MaxwellDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Apr 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$4.1MraisedJan 2017 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Scott MaxwellDirector
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Dustin PedersonExecutive Officer
- David KleinDirector
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $4.1M
- Amount sold
- $4.1M
- Proceeds to insiders
- $870K
- First sale
- Dec 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$15MraisedNov 2016 · 4 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Dustin PedersonExecutive Officer
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $15M
- Amount sold
- $15M
- First sale
- Nov 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$1MraisedMay 2016 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Krishna GuptaDirector
- Joshua FeastExecutive Officer, Director
- Ali AzarbayejaniExecutive Officer, Director
- Dustin PedersonExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $1M
- Amount sold
- $1M
- First sale
- Apr 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Cogito provides real-time artificial intelligence software for contact centers, focused on measuring and improving both customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) during live voice interactions. The company's technology produces a real-time score for CX and EX on every call and delivers in-the-moment, non-disruptive guidance to agents, including next-best-action suggestions intended to raise individual agent performance toward that of a team's strongest performers.
The offering is now delivered under the Verint brand as a set of bots: the CX/EX Scoring Bot, which measures the human experience on interactions to generate timely CX and EX data; the Coaching Bot, which provides real-time agent guidance aligned to business priorities with the stated aims of reducing average handle time, increasing revenue and improving customer satisfaction; and Agent Copilot Bots, each of which automates a specific contact center micro-workflow such as increasing sales, reducing after-call work or shortening knowledge search time. These capabilities sit within the Verint Open Platform, which unifies data and AI to support CX automation, deeper data analysis and customer self-service, and is designed so that customers can adopt individual capabilities and scale incrementally.
Business model
Enterprise software sold to contact center operators, with sales handled through demo requests and a direct sales team; the products are distributed as part of the Verint Open Platform.
Traction
Publicly cited customer outcomes include a telecommunications company reporting $79 million in benefits along with a 30-second reduction in call duration and higher sales using the Coaching Bot, and a healthcare plan provider reporting a 16% increase in Net Promoter Score from interventions based on real-time CX measurement.
Latest developments
Cogito is now part of Verint, and its real-time coaching and CX/EX measurement products are marketed under Verint branding within the Verint Open Platform.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Operates in the contact center AI and customer experience automation market as part of Verint's product portfolio.
Technology
Proprietary AI models, described as going beyond generative AI toward agentic AI, that analyze live voice interactions to score customer and employee experience and to generate real-time agent guidance and task-specific automation bots.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise engagement via demo requests and contact-sales forms, positioned alongside and integrated with Verint's broader platform capabilities.
Contact center organizations and their agents, supervisors and CX teams; referenced customer examples include a telecommunications provider and a healthcare plan provider.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Non-dilutive funding · 3 SBIR/STTR awards
Federal grants — no equity taken| Agency | Phase | Year | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institutes of Health | Phase II | 2015 | $1.5M |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institutes of Health | Phase II | 2014 | $1.8M |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH)National Institutes of Health | Phase I | 2013 | $336.8K |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsCogito's real-time AI coaching and CX/EX monitoring capabilities are offered as part of Verint, with the products branded as Verint CX/EX Scoring Bot, Verint Coaching Bot and Verint Agent Copilot Bots.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Cogitocogitocorp.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Cogito do?
- Cogito, now part of Verint, delivers real-time AI coaching and CX/EX scoring for contact center agents.
- Who founded Cogito?
- Cogito was founded by Joshua Feast, Ali Azarbayejani.
- Who are Cogito's investors?
- Cogito's investors include Beyond Capital, Kube VC, OpenView Venture Partners, Ossian Capital, REMUS Capital, Safar Partners.
- How much funding has Cogito raised?
- Cogito has disclosed $159.1M raised across 10 rounds.
- Where is Cogito headquartered?
- Cogito is headquartered in Boston, US.
