Cognitiwe
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Cognitiwe was an Estonian computer vision startup founded in 2021 by Attila Algan and Mete Bayrak, headquartered in Tallinn with offices in Istanbul and Milan. Its predictive Vision AI platform turned video and images into data for retail and manufacturing: fresh produce freshness monitoring, shelf stock and planogram analysis, fraud detection, in-line quality control, and stock management. Flagship product Wefresh served retailers such as Migros and MAF Carrefour, and manufacturing clients like Tofas and Borusan Mannesmann; the company served about 30 customers across four continents and partnered with Microsoft.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Bankruptcy
The official Estonian e-Business Register card for CognitiweAI OÜ (16334476) lists Oliver Ennok as interim trustee from 16 Jul 2026 and states a deletion notice has been published in Ametlikud Teadaanded. Legal status on the card remains ‘Entered into the register’ (proceedings ongoing, not yet struck).
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN
How the factors connect
- 01
Raised approximately $1.69 million in total, from investors including TechOne VC, Eleven Ventures, Flat6Labs, DOMiNO Ventures and Caucasus VC.
- 02
On July 14, 2026 the Harju County Court appointed interim bankruptcy trustee Oliver Ennok in civil case 2-26-14916 and barred the company from disposing of assets without the trustee's consent — formal bankruptcy proceedings began.
- 03
No audited loss figure was publicly disclosed.