Yu Gu is Co-Founder at NeoCognition, an AI research lab developing self-learning agents that specialize like human experts. The company emerged from stealth in April 2026 with a $40 million seed round to build agents with plasticity and reliability.

Yu Gu earned his PhD in AI agents from The Ohio State University in 2025, where he conducted pioneering research on language agents and web interaction. He co-authored award-winning work including Mind2Web and contributed research used by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

Yu Gu focuses on delivering applied research that turns agents into true business value while exploring fundamental questions beyond scaling. He moved to Silicon Valley to tackle agents' biggest challenges: continual learning and stable, predictable behavior.

NeoCognition raised $40 million in seed funding co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with participation from Vista Equity Partners and notable angels including Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The company currently has about 15 employees, most holding PhDs.

NeoCognition targets enterprise customers and SaaS companies to integrate specialized AI agents that continuously learn domain expertise. The company's research addresses the reliability gap where current agents complete tasks successfully only 50% of the time.