Cognition IP · Feb 2024
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Flat-fee patent & trademark counsel with top firm results
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Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Cognition IP is a Y Combinator W18-backed intellectual property law firm providing patent and trademark prosecution, licensing, technology transfer, and invention harvesting services, with a fixed-fee / on-demand legal-services model.
Primary product
Intellectual property legal services, especially patent and trademark filings and prosecution
Founded
2018
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Legal Services
Sub-industry
Intellectual Property Law / Patent & Trademark Services
Offices
Palo Alto, California, United States
Business model
B2B professional services
fixed-fee legal services
on-demand IP filings
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$2.8M
Latest round
Seed Round · Jul 2019
Latest amount
$2.8M
Mar 2018
People & investors
Leadership
Founder CEO
Co Founder CTO
Managing Shareholder
Managing Partner - Patent and Trademark Practice
Founders
Co-founder, CEO (former); Strategic Advisor (current)
Work & culture
Primary-source evidence is limited. The company positions itself as a high-expertise, startup-friendly IP firm with attorneys from Fortune 5, Vault 20, and AmLaw 50 backgrounds.
Product & market
Pricing
On-demand fixed-fee IP filings and legal services
Differentiators
- —YC W18 backing
- —Fixed-fee / on-demand approach
- —Attorneys with Fortune 5, Vault 20, and AmLaw 50 experience
- —Focus on startups through enterprise clients
- —Broad IP service scope including prosecution, licensing, tech transfer, and invention harvesting
Customers
Early-stage startups
Fast-growing companies
Fortune enterprises
Competitors
Other IP law firms
Boutique patent prosecution firms
Large AmLaw patent practices
Scale & contact
Estimated monthly visits
1.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
Cognition IP · Aug 2023
Company history page confirming founding in 2018, YC Winter 2018 participation, and Bryant Lee’s move to advisor in 2020 while Edward Steakley became Managing Shareholder.
MobiHealthNews · Feb 2020
Mentions Cognition IP in the context of machine learning patents and healthcare-related legal work.
VentureBeat · Jul 2019
Major funding announcement covering Cognition IP’s $2.8M seed round for AI-assisted patent filing.
VentureBeat · Jul 2019
Funding announcement for the company's $2.8M seed round led by Khosla Ventures.
Jobs and careers at Cognition IP
98 jobs at Cognition IP
Commercial Partner Manager
On-site
Sales
San Francisco, Austin, New York City; United States
1d ago
On-site
Full-time
Network Engineer
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
3d ago
On-site
Full-time
IT Support Engineer
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
3d ago
On-site
Full-time
Talent Operations Coordinator - UK
On-site
General & Administrative
London; London, UK, United Kingdom
3d ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director - Qatar
On-site
Sales
Doha; Doha, Qatar
6d ago
On-site
Full-time
Partner Manager - Consulting Firms (USA)
On-site
Sales
San Francisco, Austin, New York City; United States
1w ago
On-site
Full-time
Legal Operations
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
2w ago
On-site
Full-time
Head of EMEA Marketing
Remote
Marketing
London; London, UK, United Kingdom
2w ago
Remote
Full-time
Facility Security Officer
On-site
Sales
Washington DC; Washington DC, United States
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Head of LATAM Marketing
On-site
Marketing
Sao Paolo; Sao Paolo, Brazil
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Event Marketer
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco, Austin, New York City; United States
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Talent Operations Coordinator, R&D
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding GTM Recruiter - Japan
On-site
General & Administrative
Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan, Japan
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding Recruiting Coordinator - APJ
On-site
General & Administrative
Singapore; Singapore, Singapore
3w ago
On-site
Full-time
People Operations Lead
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
4w ago
On-site
Full-time
Executive Assistant, Sales Leadership
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
4w ago
On-site
Full-time
Event Producer - Recruiting, R&D
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Workplace & Engagement Coordinator
On-site
General & Administrative
Singapore; Singapore, Singapore
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Workplace & Engagement Coordinator
On-site
General & Administrative
Washington DC; Washington DC, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
GTM Operations - Europe
On-site
General & Administrative
London; London, UK, United Kingdom
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer, Infrastructure
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Payroll Operations Manager
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco; San Francisco, California, United States
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Applied AI Transformation Manager - ANZ
Remote
Sales
Sydney; Australia
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Applied AI Engineer - ANZ
Remote
Sales
Sydney; Australia
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Applied AI Engineer - APAC
On-site
Sales
Singapore
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Workplace & Engagement Coordinator
On-site
General & Administrative
London
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - EMEA
On-site
Customer Engineering
Southern Europe
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - LATAM
Remote
Customer Engineering
Mexico City
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Capture Lead - Federal
Remote
Sales
Washington DC
1mo ago
Remote
Full-time
IT Engineer
On-site
General & Administrative
London
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Regional Sales Director
On-site
Sales
San Francisco, Austin, New York City
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
GTM Recruiter - APAC
On-site
General & Administrative
Singapore
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Applied AI Transformation Manager - MENA
Remote
Sales
Riyadh
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
AI Policy Lead
Remote
Sales
Washington DC
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Director - LATAM
Remote
Sales
Mexico City
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Director - LATAM
On-site
Sales
Brazil
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - South Korea
On-site
Customer Engineering
South Korea
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Support Engineer
On-site
Customer Engineering
Singapore
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Support Engineer
On-site
Customer Engineering
Tokyo
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
GTM Operations - Japan
On-site
General & Administrative
Tokyo
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Regional Vice President of Sales - South Korea
On-site
Sales
South Korea
2mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Regional Vice President of Sales - India
Remote
Sales
India
2mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - Doha
On-site
Customer Engineering
Doha; Doha, Qatar
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Regional Vice President of Sales - ANZ
Remote
Sales
Sydney
3mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Vice President of Sales - KSA
Remote
Sales
Riyadh
3mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Partner Director - Japan
On-site
Sales
Tokyo
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Security Engineer
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
HR Operations
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Workplace & Engagement Coordinator
On-site
General & Administrative
New York City
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Applied AI Transformation Manager - Europe
On-site
Sales
London
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Applied AI Transformation Manager - APAC
On-site
Sales
Singapore
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Support Specialist, Subscriptions & Billing
On-site
Customer Engineering
San Francisco
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - LATAM
Remote
Customer Engineering
Brazil
4mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Director - Europe
Remote
Sales
DACH
4mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Site Reliability Engineer
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Research, Mid-Training
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - APAC
On-site
Customer Engineering
Singapore
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director - MENA
Remote
Sales
Riyadh
5mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Product Marketer
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Support Engineer
On-site
Customer Engineering
San Francisco
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - ANZ
Remote
Customer Engineering
Sydney
5mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Research Engineer, Infrastructure
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Head of Partnerships - APAC
On-site
Sales
Tokyo
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Commercial Counsel
On-site
General & Administrative
New York City
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Developer Community Manager
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco
5mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director - ANZ
On-site
Sales
MENA
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Brand Marketer
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco Bay Area
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Paid Media
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco Bay Area
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director - ANZ
On-site
Sales
MENA
6mo ago
On-site
Full-time
QA Engineer
Remote
Customer Engineering
India
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - Tokyo
Remote
Customer Engineering
Tokyo
6mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Account Director - APAC
On-site
Sales
Singapore
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Devops Engineer - Federal
Remote
Research & Development
Washington DC
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Partner Deployed Engineer - US
On-site
Customer Engineering
San Francisco Bay Area
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Partner Deployed Engineer - London
Remote
Customer Engineering
London
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Partner Deployed Engineer - Tokyo
Remote
Customer Engineering
Tokyo
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Director, Enterprise Sales (Central)
On-site
Sales
Austin, Texas
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director
On-site
Sales
San Francisco Bay Area
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Delta Engineer - Federal
Remote
Customer Engineering
Washington DC
7mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Product Engineer
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco Bay Area
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Federal Account Executive
On-site
Sales
Washington DC
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director - Enterprise
On-site
Sales
New York City
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Field Marketer
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco Bay Area
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Integrated Campaigns Manager
On-site
Marketing
San Francisco Bay Area
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Partner Deployed Engineer - India
Remote
Customer Engineering
India
8mo ago
Remote
Full-time
IT Engineer
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco Bay Area
9mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Revenue Operations
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco Bay Area
9mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Analytics Engineer
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco Bay Area
9mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Sales Development Representative
On-site
Sales
Austin, Texas
10mo ago
On-site
Full-time
AI Enablement Engineer
On-site
Customer Engineering
San Francisco Bay Area
11mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Business Operations
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco Bay Area
11mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Account Director - UK
Remote
Sales
London
11mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Deployed Engineer - UK
Remote
Customer Engineering
London
12mo ago
Remote
Full-time
Engagement Manager
On-site
Sales
San Francisco Bay Area
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Deployed Engineer
On-site
Customer Engineering
San Francisco Bay Area; Austin, Texas; New York City
1y ago
On-site
Full-time
Machine Learning Researcher
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco Bay Area
2y ago
On-site
Full-time
General Application
On-site
General & Administrative
San Francisco Bay Area
2y ago
On-site
Full-time
Software Engineer
On-site
Research & Development
San Francisco Bay Area
2y ago
On-site
Full-time