Cognosys
by Cognosys AI, Inc.
Goal-driven web AI agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated)
Last reviewed 2026-06-20
Cognosys was a web-based autonomous AI agent that took a natural-language objective, broke it into a loop of smaller subtasks (in the AutoGPT / BabyAGI mold), called an LLM, searched the web, and iterated until the task was done, with no coding required. It was pitched as a personal AI agent for delegating research, lead enrichment, news/industry briefings, and email or Notion-driven workflows. In practice it ran one delegated task at a time rather than operating as a continuous end-to-end worker, so it sat at the supervised-agent rung: a human set each objective and reviewed the output. The product is deprecated. Cognosys (Vancouver, founded 2023 by Sully Omar and Homam Malkawi) rebranded to Ottogrid (a research smart-table product) in October 2024, and Ottogrid was acquired by Cohere in May 2025 with the standalone product being sunset and its technology folded into Cohere's North platform. The original cognosys.ai site no longer serves the product. This entry is preserved as sourced history.
What it can do
Decompose objectives into task loops
SupervisedTook a high-level natural-language goal, broke it into smaller subtasks, called an LLM, and iterated until the objective was met, in the AutoGPT / BabyAGI loop pattern, with no coding required.
sourceAutonomous web research
SupervisedSearched and synthesized web sources to complete a delegated research objective (for example researching a competitor's product launch), reportedly with internet-search transparency.
sourceSales lead enrichment into Notion
SupervisedReportedly enriched sales-lead data through web research and compiled the relevant account information into Notion.
sourceScheduled email briefings
SupervisedCould be scheduled to run recurring interest searches, summarize the latest news or industry trends, and deliver personalized briefings to the user's email.
sourceIntelligent model selection
SupervisedMarketed automatic selection of an appropriate model per task; the underlying providers were not publicly specified.
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Strengths
- +No-code way to delegate multi-step web research and automation tasks
- +Useful scheduled briefings and lead-enrichment-to-Notion workflows
- +Backed early: ~$2M seed led by GV with notable angel investors
Limitations
- −Deprecated: rebranded to Ottogrid, acquired by Cohere, standalone product sunset
- −No longer available; cognosys.ai no longer serves the product
- −One delegated task at a time, not a continuous end-to-end autonomous worker
Overview
Cognosys was a web-based autonomous AI agent: give it a natural-language objective and it broke the goal into a loop of smaller subtasks, called an LLM, searched the web, and iterated until done, with no coding required. It was effectively a hosted version of the AutoGPT / BabyAGI loop pattern aimed at non-developers who wanted to delegate research and automation.
Status: deprecated. Cognosys rebranded to Ottogrid in October 2024, Ottogrid was acquired by Cohere in May 2025, and the standalone product is being sunset. This entry is preserved as sourced history; cognosys.ai no longer serves the product.
What it does
In its active life it decomposed objectives into task loops, ran autonomous web research, enriched sales leads and compiled them into Notion, and could be scheduled to send recurring news and industry briefings to a user's email. It marketed intelligent (automatic) model selection and search transparency. Because each task was individually delegated and reviewed, it operated as a supervised agent rather than a continuous end-to-end worker.
Integrations & setup
Web app (SaaS). Documented integrations were lightweight: Notion (for compiling enriched account data) and email/Gmail for scheduled briefings. The underlying model providers were not publicly specified.
Pricing
Historically a freemium model: a free tier with limited task credits, then paid tiers (reported around Pro $15/month and Ultimate $59/month) plus an enterprise option. Pricing is moot now that the product is sunset.
Best for / not for
Historically a fit for individuals and small teams who wanted a no-code way to delegate web research, lead enrichment, and recurring briefings. Today it is not a viable choice for anyone: the product is deprecated. Buyers should look at active alternatives.
Traction
Founded in 2023 in Vancouver by Sully Omar and Homam Malkawi. Raised a reported ~$2M seed led by Sangeen Zeb at GV (Google Ventures), with angels including Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Amjad Masad (Replit), and Aidan Gomez and Ivan Zhang (Cohere). It pivoted to a research smart-table (Ottogrid) and was acquired by Cohere on May 16, 2025; terms were not disclosed.
Alternatives
For the goal-driven web-agent use case, Manus is the closest active general agent; AutoGPT is the open-source ancestor of the same loop pattern; MultiOn and Lindy cover autonomous browser/workflow automation.
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FAQ
Is Cognosys still available?+
No. Cognosys rebranded to Ottogrid in October 2024, Ottogrid was acquired by Cohere in May 2025, and the standalone product is being sunset, with its technology folded into Cohere's North platform. The original cognosys.ai site no longer serves the product.
Was Cognosys actually autonomous?+
Partly. It ran objectives as self-iterating task loops (AutoGPT / BabyAGI style), but it required a human to delegate each individual task and review the result, and it did not maintain continuous, ongoing intelligence-gathering on its own. That puts it at the supervised-agent level rather than a fully autonomous worker.
Who built Cognosys?+
Cognosys AI, Inc., a Vancouver startup founded in 2023 by Sully Omar and Homam Malkawi. It raised a roughly $2M seed round led by Sangeen Zeb at GV (Google Ventures), with angels including the CEOs of Vercel, Replit, and Cohere.
Sources
- Cognosys company profile (Tracxn) · accessed 2026-06-20
- Vancouver AI startup Cognosys acquired by Cohere (Vancouver Tech Journal) · accessed 2026-06-20
- Cognosys is Evolving: Welcome to Ottogrid (Ottogrid blog) · accessed 2026-06-20
- Autonoly vs Cognosys (active vs discontinued) · accessed 2026-06-20
- Cognosys (AI Agents Directory) · accessed 2026-06-20
Last reviewed 2026-06-20