Cohere

Enterprise AI company building frontier large language models for content generation, semantic search, RAG, and AI agents.

AI Training AI & Large Language Models

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Toronto, Canada HQ

842 employees

2019 founded

What is Cohere?

Cohere is a Canadian-American AI company founded in 2019 by Aidan Gomez (co-author of the seminal "Attention Is All You Need" transformer paper), Ivan Zhang, and Nick Frosst, headquartered in Toronto with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Montreal, London, New York, Paris, and Seoul. The company builds frontier large language models designed for enterprise AI, including the Command family (generative models for document understanding, summarization, code assistance), Embed models (semantic search), Rerank models (search relevance), and the multilingual Aya model. Cohere differentiates with an enterprise-first approach, data sovereignty by design, and cloud-agnostic flexibility. The company operates with a work-from-anywhere philosophy offering 100% remote positions, though some roles may require alignment with Toronto or London time zones. In countries without a Cohere legal entity, remote workers are engaged as independent contractors.

Mission & values

Empower enterprises to scale innovation, boost productivity, and drive progress with AI that enhances human wellbeing.

Qualifications

Cohere seeks individuals with strong backgrounds in machine learning, NLP, and software engineering, typically with relevant technical degrees. Key skills include Python proficiency, experience with AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), and familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud). For Research Scholar roles, a strong engineering background demonstrated through open-source contributions or portfolio, passion for open-ended problems, and resilience are required. Prompt Engineer roles need current prompt engineering experience, strong Python skills, and experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Cohere, Anthropic). Strong problem-solving abilities, collaboration skills, and clear communication are essential for cross-functional AI teams. The company values diverse backgrounds from both academia and industry and fosters an inclusive work environment.

Leadership

Aidan Gomez

Co-Founder & CEO

Co-author of the original Transformer paper "Attention Is All You Need"; co-founded Cohere in 2019 to build enterprise-grade LLMs. #1 on the 2023 Maclean's AI Trailblazers Power List.

Ivan Zhang

Co-Founder

Nick Frosst

Co-Founder

Joelle Pineau

Chief AI Officer

Former VP of AI Research at Meta.

Phil Blunsom

Chief Technology Officer

François Chadwick

Chief Financial Officer

Previously at Uber and KPMG.

Frank O'Dowd

Chief Revenue & Commercial Officer

Funding

StageSeries C+

Total raised$1,540,000,000

Investors

Radical Ventures Inovia Capital AMD Ventures NVIDIA PSP Investments Salesforce Ventures

Awards & recognition

#1 — Maclean's AI Trailblazers Power List · 2023

Maclean's
Cohere Labs — open-science initiative launch · 2022

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