# Cognition — Engineering in the fast lane: Mercedes-Benz partners with Cognition

- Company: Cognition (cognition.com)
- Announced: 2026-04-27
- Category: partnership-acquisition
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://cognition.com/blog/mercedes-benz-cognition
- Record: https://forck.live/items/7664-engineering-in-the-fast-lane-mercedes-benz-partners-with-cognition
- Subject: Devin / SWE

Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Cognition to deploy Devin and Windsurf across its global engineering teams. In a pilot, Devin analyzed over 200,000 lines of COBOL code and reduced modernization time from an estimated eight months to eight days.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://cognition.com/blog/mercedes-benz-cognition:

> Mercedes-Benz, one of the world’s most iconic automotive and technology companies, has partnered with Cognition to deploy Devin and Windsurf across its global engineering teams. The rollout spans engineering teams across continents, from the United States to Europe and Asia, and represents one of the most extensive deployments of AI software engineering in the automotive industry.
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> Mercedes-Benz’s engineering organization builds and maintains the software powering everything from R&D to logistics, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise operations. Their teams need to simultaneously ensure reliability, stability, and security while integrating new tools and moving with speed.
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> In an initial four-week pilot, both Devin and Windsurf demonstrated significant productivity gains. For example, Devin analyzed over 200,000 lines of COBOL code and cut modernization time down from an estimated eight months to eight days.

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