Lab

Verified 3 November 2026

Cohere

Cohere is a Toronto-based AI lab that builds large language models and AI platforms for enterprises rather than consumers.

It was founded in 2019 by Aidan Gomez (CEO), Ivan Zhang and Nick Frosst. Its products include the Command family of models, Embed and Rerank for search, the North enterprise agent platform and Compass for search and discovery, while its research arm Cohere Labs, launched in 2022, publishes open research such as the Aya models. Wikipedia lists rounds from a US$40 million Series A in 2021 to a valuation of about US$7 billion after funding in 2025, plus C$240 million in Canadian government support for a domestic data centre.

As of late October 2026 the company had a pending deal with Germany's Aleph Alpha: Wikipedia reports a definitive merger agreement in September 2026, subject to regulatory approval, under which the combined company would operate as Cohere with headquarters in Toronto and Berlin, and the New York Times put its value at about US$20 billion. A group of 14 publishers sued Cohere for copyright infringement in February 2025.