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Cognigy
Company typePrivate
Founded2016
Founder
  • Philipp Heltewig
  • Sascha Poggemann
  • Benjamin Mayr
Number of locations
11 offices
ProductsCognigy.AI
Websitecognigy.com

Cognigy is a software company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] It provides a low-code AI solution, called Cognigy.AI, for automating customer and employee service interactions across channels (such as phone, webchat, and mobile apps) using AI agents, including chat- and voice bots.[2] Cognigy's technology has been adopted by enterprises worldwide, including companies such as Lufthansa, Bosch, Nestlé, DHL, and Toyota.[2][3][4] Cognigy has been evaluated as a leader by analyst firms including Gartner[5], Forrester[6] and IDC[7] in their respective reports on conversational AI platforms.

History

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Cognigy was founded in 2016 by Philipp Heltewig (the company's CEO) along with co-founders Sascha Poggemann and Benjamin Mayr in Düsseldorf, Germany.[3] Heltewig, a former Sitecore executive, and his partners started the company to focus on AI solutions for automating repetitive customer service tasks.[3] The company's name is a portmanteau of "cognition" and "technology". [citation needed]

In its early years, Cognigy was largely bootstrapped before raising external capital.[8] The company secured a Series B venture funding round in 2021, raising $44 million led by Insight Partners.[2][9] Later that year, an additional $15 million investment from DTCP brought the Series B total to $59 million.[10] This funding was used to expand Cognigy's international reach and enhance its platform's capabilities.[2] In June 2024, Cognigy announced a Series C funding round of $100 million, led by Eurazeo, with participation from existing investors like Insight Partners, DN Capital, and DTCP.[3][11] This round brought Cognigy's total capital raised to approximately $175 million at an undisclosed valuation.[3] According to company statements, the Series C funding was intended to accelerate product development and expand Cognigy's presence in the United States and other markets.[3]

By mid-2024, Cognigy reported having corporate customers using its technology across about 1,000 end-user brands.[3] In 2025, Cognigy relocated its U.S. headquarters from San Francisco to Dallas, Texas.[12]

Products and Technology

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Cognigy's core product is the Cognigy.AI platform, which allows organizations to build, deploy, and manage AI-powered virtual agents ("AI agents") for customer service and support. It is a low-code platform that enables non-technical users as well as developers to design conversational workflows through a visual interface.[2] Enterprises use Cognigy.AI to create AI agents that can handle customer inquiries and routine requests across multiple channels, including telephone interactive voice response (IVR), web chat, SMS, and messaging apps.[2] The platform supports over one hundred languages, and its architecture allows it to run either in the cloud or on-premise to meet data security and compliance requirements.[2][8]

Cognigy's AI agents can be used both for customer-facing automation and as agent-assist tools, providing real-time suggestions and task support during live interactions.[3] The platform includes modules such as conversational IVR for phone automation, a chatbot builder for self-service tasks, and a dashboard for assisting human agents with contextual information and workflows.[13]

Cognigy trains some AI models in-house and also integrates third-party large language models from providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and Google, following a vendor-agnostic strategy.[3] Cognigy's platform is designed to integrate with existing enterprise systems and contact center providers such as Genesys,[14] Avaya,[15] and others. It has pre-built connectors and APIs for CRM and IT service platforms, and it can be linked with robotic process automation (RPA) tools to enable end-to-end workflow automation.[8]

In November 2024, Cognigy launched "Agentic AI", a feature designed to support more autonomous virtual agents. Analysts described it as part of a broader shift toward adaptive, decision-capable AI systems.[16][17]

Recognition

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Industry analysts have identified Cognigy as a significant player in the conversational AI market.

Gartner named Cognigy as one of the Leaders in its 2022 and 2023 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms, noting strengths such as the company's product capabilities and customer satisfaction.[18] It ranked first in five use-case categories of Gartner's 2023 Critical Capabilities report for conversational AI platforms.[18][19]

In 2023, IDC recognized Cognigy as a Leader in its IDC MarketScape: Worldwide General-Purpose Conversational AI Platforms 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment.[20][21][22]

In 2024, Forrester Research positioned Cognigy as a Leader in its report The Forrester Wave™: Conversational AI for Customer Service, Q2 2024.[23]

References

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  1. ^ Innovates, Dallas; Seeley, David (2025-04-16). "Global AI Agent Leader Cognigy Relocates U.S. HQ from San Francisco to North Texas". Dallas Innovates. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Cognigy Raises $44M in Series B Funding". FinSMEs. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wiggers, Kyle (11 June 2024). "Cognigy lands cash to grow its contact center automation business". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Contact center automation startup Cognigy closes $100M funding round". SiliconANGLE. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  5. ^ Elliot, Bern; Rigon, Gabriele (2023-03-06). "Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms". Gartner Inc. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  6. ^ Ball, Max; Jacobs, Ian; Morana, Sarah; Neuburg, Shayna (2024-05-14). "The Forrester Wave™: Conversational AI For Customer Service, Q2 2024". Forrester. Forrester Inc. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  7. ^ Sutherland, Hayley; Gens, Andrew; Schubmehl, David (2023-11-01). "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide General Purpose Conversational AI Software 2023 Vendor Assessment". IDC. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  8. ^ a b c Lunden, Ingrid (1 June 2021). "Cognigy raises $44M to scale its enterprise-focused conversational AI platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  9. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (2021-06-02). "Conversational AI startup Cognigy nabs $44M". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  10. ^ Lunden, Ingrid (20 September 2022). "DTCP taps SoftBank as an anchor LP for its next $500–600M fund". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Handelsblatt". www.handelsblatt.com. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  12. ^ Swanger, Ben (16 April 2025). "Why AI Chatbot Company Cognigy Relocated Its U.S. HQ from San Francisco to Dallas". D CEO (D Magazine). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  13. ^ Wiggers, Kyle (11 June 2024). "Cognigy lands cash to grow its contact center automation business". TechCrunch. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Cognigy Extends Availability to Genesys AppFoundry North America | The AI Journal". aijourn.com. 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  15. ^ "Cognigy Partners with Avaya". www.smartcustomerservice.com. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  16. ^ Fisher, Rhys (14 November 2024). "Cognigy Enters the Agentic AI Conversation, Promises to "Outperform" Anything Else on the Market". CX Today. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  17. ^ Gareiss, Robin (2 December 2024). "Metrinote – Cognigy Announces Agentic AI". Metrigy. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  18. ^ a b "Cognigy Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms" (Press release). Business Wire. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  19. ^ Elliot, Bern; Rigon, Gabriele (2023-03-13). "Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Conversational AI Platforms". Gartner Inc. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  20. ^ "IDC MarketScape: Worldwide General Purpose Conversational AI Software 2023 Vendor Assessment". IDC: The premier global market intelligence company. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  21. ^ "Microsoft Named a Leader in the 2023 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide General Purpose Conversational AI Software". Microsoft Copilot Blog. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  22. ^ Cognigy. "Cognigy Named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for General-Purpose Conversational AI Platforms". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  23. ^ Fisher, Rhys (21 May 2024). "The Forrester Wave: Conversational AI For Customer Service 2024 – Top Takeaways". CX Today. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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