# Blog: Cognee News

## Latest Updates

**Cognee Raises $7.5M Seed to Build Memory for AI Agents**  
Cognee raises $7.5M seed led by Pebblebed to build the open-source memory layer for AI agents—backed by founders of OpenAI and Facebook AI Research.  
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**Coming to the Edge: Introducing cognee-RS for Private, On-Device AI Memory**  
Edge AI memory brings private, on-device AI memory to phones, wearables and IoT, for better latency, accuracy and privacy.  
[Read more](/content/blog/cognee-news/cognee-rust-sdk-for-edge/index.html)

**Unlock Your LLM's Time Awareness: Introducing Temporal Cognification**  
Temporal cognification brings time-awareness to AI memory, enabling LLMs to understand when events happened, how information evolved, and what context was relevant at any given moment.  
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**Scaling Intelligence: Introducing Distributed cognee for Parallel Dataset Processing**  
Distributed cognee revolutionizes processing large datasets by enabling parallel execution on remote infrastructure, slashing processing times from 8+ hours to ~45 minutes while maintaining high-quality results.  
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**Connecting Models to Memory: Introducing cognee MCP for Universal AI Access**  
Bridge cognee's AI memory and agent frameworks like LangGraph, OpenAI MCP, Anthropic MCP, and others with MCP (Model Context Protocol). Build smarter apps today!  
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**🚀 cognee Update: September 2025**  
Cognee September recap: AI memory upgrades, graph embeddings, new UI, and case studies. Improve context engineering and retrieval—read now and start building.  
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**Multi-Tenant Ready: Introducing Dataset Sharing & Role-Based Access**  
Enable role-based access control and dataset sharing in cognee to secure multi-tenant data across Kùzu and LanceDB via SDK or API. Manage AI memory permissions!  
[Read more](/content/blog/cognee-news/product-announcement-user-management/index.html)

**Even More Depth & Nuance: Announcing Advanced Weights for Enhanced Reasoning**  
Build richer AI memory with weighted nodes and edges—enable memory layers and context engineering for recency and importance. Try Cognee for enhanced reasoning.  
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**Beyond Similarity: Introducing Graph-Aware Embeddings for Even Smarter Retrieval**  
Cognee introduces graph-aware embeddings: graph signals boost semantic search for faster and more precise retrievals in paid plans. Learn more and book a call.  
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