SCANNING● LIVE DATAUTC 2026-05-09 00:00:00
VENDORS 21RECEIPTS 26CRITICAL 57D ▲ 7 NEWv0.9.4-rc1
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✓Filed by gotnerfed.comCase #D-2024-327Classification ON WATCH-trackOpened 2026-02-19Last scanned 2026-05-15 07:00 UTCACTIVE
AI CODING/Cognition Labs/founded 2024/Series A

Devin

Autonomous coding agent

1 major change on record.

Defining receipt|Devin's ACU consumption per task silently rebalanced upward|2026-02-19
► On watch25-49 · minor-to-major changes in the last 12 months; staying observant.
Ranked #7 of 21 tracked vendors.
Receipt trail
1 filed · latest 85d ago
◆ At a glanceAll time · since 2026-02-19
85days
Since last receipt
Devin's ACU consumption per task si… · major
1
Receipts
all time
0
Critical
—
1
Major
billing model shift
1
Last 90d
watching
47
Peak nerf
Feb 19 · billing model shift
—
Cadence
avg between receipts
►Verdict: On watch
Receipt trail
1 filed
Methodology ↗
↗ Current pricing pageHow the index is calculatedEmbed badgeProcurement report (PDF)Compare to peers
◆ 30 / 60 / 90 forecast →
likely next: billing model shift · expected severity major
Next 30d67%
prob of any change
Next 60d89%
prob of any change
Next 90d96%
prob of any change
Observed 1 receipt over 1 days (cadence ~30d). Last receipt 85 days ago. Most common kind: billing-model-shift. Brier-scored against subsequent reality on the public leaderboard.
Vendor average47%Category avg37%Brier · last 90d0.18Modelv0 heuristic
◆ Nerf Index · trailing 12 months▲ +25 vs. 90 days ago · now 25
MayJulSepNovJanMarMay
Recency-weighted Nerf Index, 30-day rolling. Dots mark receipts. Index breached “on watch” threshold on 2026-02-19 at the defining receipt.
◆ Community sentimentReddit · last 90d

Community sentiment (Reddit, last 90d)

No sentiment data yet. The sentiment cron runs daily and starts populating once Vercel KV is provisioned.

Net = (positive − negative) / total Reddit posts mentioning Devin in the trailing 7 days. Updated daily. Read methodology →
Receipts · all time · reverse chronological

Every silent change Devin made.

1 receipt · 0 critical · 1 major · 0 minor
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