Cohere

Cohere builds foundational AI models designed for enterprise deployment, with an emphasis on security and privacy. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the company develops large language models and natural language processing technology that businesses apply to everyday work. Its models are deployed by real companies in production, and the firm has raised nearly $1 billion in funding. The team numbers in the hundreds worldwide and is drawn largely from the research community.

For revenue and commercial teams, Cohere's applied work spans several practical use cases: semantic search across enterprise information, content generation, and AI-powered customer experience solutions. These sit within a broader portfolio of enterprise foundational AI models intended for secure, private deployment inside customer environments. Industry verticals include enterprise software, search and information retrieval, content and marketing, and customer service and experience.

Cohere operates a research-first culture, describing its mission as scaling intelligence to serve humanity and holding that AI should enhance human capability rather than replace people. The company reports over 100 published research papers and a research community of more than 4,500 researchers, supported by Cohere Labs, an initiative that publishes papers and builds open research communities. Its stated priority is practical, production-ready technology over demonstrations or hype.