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Cognito

Cognito was founded in 2014 in San Francisco, USA by Alain Meier, Christopher Morton and John Backus. It is an Enterprise Software company.

Frictionless, modern identity verification that starts with just a…

Private Y Combinator · Summer 2014 Founded 2014 San Francisco USA Enterprise Software
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Cognito founders & co-founders

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Alain Meier
Founder/CEO
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Christopher Morton
Founder/President and COO
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John Backus
Founder/CTO

What happened to Cognito’s founders and alumni

1 companies

People who worked at or founded Cognito and went on to start their own companies.

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SlidePay 2012

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