About

Where enterprise AI meets real-world purpose

Cohere builds foundational models and AI solutions that help teams turn everyday effort into extraordinary impact.

Our Mission

We believe AI’s highest purpose is to enhance human wellbeing. We’re committed to realizing that potential by empowering businesses to scale innovation, boost productivity, and drive progress that reaches everyone.

Our story

From Toronto startup to enterprise AI

2019

Foundations

Cohere was founded in 2019 in Toronto with a bold vision: to do whatever it takes to scale intelligence to serve humanity.

Since then, we’ve remained focused on building enterprise AI that enhances human judgment, accelerates execution, and extends what individuals and teams can achieve on their own.

2021 – 2024

Early growth

Between 2021 and 2024, we secured four major funding rounds (Series A through D), raising nearly $1 billion.

This support has enabled us to scale our teams, expand globally, and continually develop cutting-edge models that power practical AI applications for the world’s leading enterprises.

2022

Research focus

In 2022, we launched Cohere Labs, our open science initiative for solving complex machine learning problems.

Today, Cohere Labs has 4,500+ community members and has published over 100 research papers.

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2025 – present

Agentic AI for the enterprise

In 2025, we launched North, our turnkey AI platform for workplace productivity.

North’s agentic capabilities and advanced retrieval allow teams to automate routine tasks, accelerate complex workflows, and surface insights securely grounded in enterprise data.

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