Over the past year, we've seen a fundamental shift in how organizations approach AI. Enterprises and governments are deploying AI into the workflows that matter most, from cybersecurity and software development to mission-critical operations and decision-making. As they do, their requirements are becoming increasingly clear: they need AI systems that are powerful, secure, and under their control.
At Cohere, we've long believed organizations shouldn't have to choose between cutting-edge AI and control. They should be able to deploy advanced AI while maintaining ownership of their data, infrastructure, and operations. That's the foundation of sovereign AI.
Today, we're excited to share two important milestones in that journey. We're pleased to announce the completion of our acquisition of AISLE, the company building autonomous systems for vulnerability discovery and remediation. We're also welcoming the team behind cubic, one of the leading AI-powered code review platforms, to Cohere.
Together, these additions strengthen the sovereign AI platform we're building for organizations around the world. With AISLE and cubic we’ve completed four strategic M&A transactions this year, following Aleph Alpha, Reliant AI to expand our capabilities across frontier AI, biopharma and healthcare, cybersecurity, and software development.
Cybersecurity is a defining frontier of AI
As AI becomes embedded in critical systems and workflows, security is becoming a defining requirement for adoption. Organizations increasingly need AI that can operate inside private clouds, on-premises and air-gapped environments while meeting rigorous requirements around privacy, governance, and compliance.
That's why we're excited to officially welcome AISLE to Cohere. When we announced our intent to acquire AISLE, we outlined a shared belief: the future of AI depends on the ability to secure both AI systems and the software infrastructure that powers them. As organizations deploy AI into increasingly sensitive environments, cyber resilience becomes foundational to trust.
AISLE’s co-founders are taking leadership roles spanning cybersecurity, corporate security, AI security research and frontier model development. Ondrej Vlcek will become Senior Vice President, Cohere Cyber, and lead the newly established cybersecurity business. Jaya Baloo will become Cohere’s Chief Information Security Officer, overseeing security across the company. Stanislav Fort will become Vice President, AI Security, joining Cohere’s core model research and training efforts while leading AI security research.
Cohere also plans to make a substantial long-term investment in Prague, expanding AISLE’s existing presence and establishing the city as its global center for AI cybersecurity and autonomous security systems.
AISLE brings world-class expertise in autonomous security research and vulnerability discovery.
Their work has demonstrated how specialized AI systems can identify, validate, and remediate vulnerabilities at a speed and scale that helps defenders stay ahead of an increasingly complex threat landscape.
Today, that expertise has become the foundation of Cohere Cyber, our cybersecurity business focused on helping enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure operators build and operate secure, cyber-resilient AI systems. Together, we're building cyber defense capabilities that help organizations deploy AI with confidence in even the most demanding environments.
Bringing secure coding to enterprise scale
Software development is one of the most widely adopted enterprise applications of AI. But organizations need more than systems that generate code. They need AI that can understand complex codebases, review changes, identify vulnerabilities, maintain software quality, and operate within strict security boundaries. That's what attracted us to cubic.
The team has built an industry-leading AI-powered code review platform that helps engineering organizations review code, find bugs and vulnerabilities, understand complex codebases, and automatically remediate issues. Their review agents have consistently ranked among the strongest performers on code review benchmarks and were built for the environments many enterprise customers operate in, including on-premises and air-gapped deployments.
Led by founder and CEO Paul Sanglé-Ferrière, the team brings expertise across AI, security, developer tools, distributed systems, and enterprise software. They will establish Cohere's secure coding vertical, helping accelerate the integration of enterprise-grade coding capabilities into our platform while meeting the security, governance, and deployment requirements our customers demand. Their work strengthens our ability to help organizations build, maintain, and secure software using AI within their own environments and under their own control.
Building AI for the world's most critical industries
What connects AISLE and cubic is more than technical excellence. Both teams have built products for organizations operating in environments where security, reliability, governance, and control are non-negotiable.
Their work reflects a broader shift we're seeing across the market. Organizations increasingly want AI they can deploy on their own terms. They want systems that fit within their security requirements, regulatory obligations, and operational realities without becoming dependent on systems they can't inspect, adapt, or control.
We believe this is where the next phase of AI adoption will be won. By bringing together frontier models, secure deployment infrastructure, cyber defense, and purpose-built applications, we're continuing to build a sovereign AI platform that gives organizations more capability, more security, and more control.
Looking ahead
The future of AI won't be defined by models alone. It will be defined by the systems, workflows, and infrastructure built around them. The question is whether organizations can deploy AI securely and at scale across the systems that matter most. That's the promise of sovereign AI.
Welcoming AISLE and cubic to Cohere strengthens our ability to deliver on that vision. Together, we're building a sovereign AI platform that enterprises and governments can trust to operate in their most sensitive environments, power their most critical workflows, and realize the full potential of AI while maintaining control of their data, infrastructure, and operations.
We're excited to welcome both teams to Cohere and look forward to what we'll build together.
