Devin, the viral coding AI agent, gets a new pay-as-you-go plan

Cognition, the startup behind the viral AI programming tool Devin, has introduced a new low-cost plan to incentivize signups. When Cognition released Devin last year, the tool quickly blew up on social media for its ability to perform certain software development tasks autonomously. But it soon became apparent that Devin struggled with more complex coding work. Nevertheless, the tool garnered praise from AI founders including Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, which substantially raised Cognition’s profile. Devin became generally available for teams at the eye-watering price of $500 per month. On Thursday — conspicuously weeks after the company reportedly raised hundreds of millions of dollars in fresh capital — Cognition introduced an entry-level option that costs $20, then transitions to a pay-as-you-go plan. The pay-as-you-go plan could end up being quite costly, depending on how one uses Devin. The initial $20 nets you around 9 ACUs, Cognition’s jargon for computing credits. (ACUs ... Read full article.