Ottogrid
AI agent smart table for market research (formerly Cognosys); acquired and sunset by Cohere.
Acquired Ottogrid
Acquired · May 2025
Ottogrid, which launched in 2023 as Cognosys and rebranded in October 2024, offered a spreadsheet-style 'smart table' where web-browsing AI agents filled cells with researched data. It was used to enrich sales lists and automate market research at scale. Cohere acquired the company in May 2025 and announced it would sunset the standalone product, folding the team and technology into its North enterprise platform.
Acquired by Cohere.
Last known pricing: Subscription tiers, contact sales
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Overview
What happened to Ottogrid
Ottogrid was an AI agent platform for automated market research, built around a 'smart table' interface. Users defined columns of questions, and web-browsing agents filled in each cell by gathering data from the open web, turning open-ended research into a structured spreadsheet. Common uses included enriching sales lead lists and compiling competitive research.
The product launched in 2023 under the name Cognosys and rebranded to Ottogrid in October 2024 alongside a redesign that added integrations and APIs. In May 2025, the enterprise AI company Cohere acquired the team, with plans to incorporate the smart-table approach into its North platform and to sunset the standalone Ottogrid product after a transition period.
Key Features
- Spreadsheet-style table populated by autonomous web-research agents
- Bulk enrichment of sales and lead lists
- Document and website data extraction into structured rows
- Integrations and APIs added in the October 2024 rebrand
- Repeatable research workflows across many entities at once
What happened to Ottogrid
Cohere acquired Ottogrid (formerly Cognosys) in May 2025 and announced the standalone product would be sunset, with its team and smart-table technology moving into Cohere's North enterprise assistant.
FAQ
Was Ottogrid the same product as Cognosys? Yes. It launched as Cognosys in 2023 and rebranded to Ottogrid in October 2024; they are one product, two names.
Who acquired Ottogrid? Cohere, the enterprise AI company, announced the acquisition on May 16, 2025.
Is Ottogrid still available? The standalone product is being sunset; its technology is moving into Cohere's North platform.
tl;dr
Ottogrid, formerly Cognosys, was an AI smart-table research agent acquired by Cohere in May 2025 and sunset into Cohere's North platform.