In April 2026, Cohere acquired German AI company Aleph Alpha, creating a combined $20 billion entity. CEO Aidan Gomez emphasized sovereign AI: "No government or enterprise should have to choose between capable AI and control over their technology." Unlike many AI company acquisitions, the merger focused on expansion rather than consolidation. Cohere maintained its team through AI funding fluctuations without major layoffs. The Toronto-based company reached $1.6 billion raised at $7 billion valuation by September 2025.
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Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez published a September 2026 essay calling rival-lab AI safety standards proposals "a cartel by any other name," arguing a small group of Silicon Valley companies should not self-regulate AI. He wrote: "AI needs guardrails. That is not the dispute and never has been. The dispute is over who writes them." Gomez proposed four pillars: evidence-based risk framework, mandatory transparency, capability-scoped independent testing, and conflict-free assurance. Cohere signed both White House Voluntary Commitments and Canada's AI Code of Conduct. Cohere For AI runs a non-profit research lab focused on model evaluation and interpretability.
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See all →Cohere under CEO Aidan Gomez lobbied the Canadian government on AI policy and funding from the 2024 budget AI compute fund. Per the Canadian lobbying registry, Cohere engaged with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Public Safety Canada, and Members of Parliament on budget, government procurement, and international AI competitiveness. In March 2025, the House Judiciary Committee sent Cohere a letter regarding the Biden administration's efforts to push AI companies to mitigate "harmful bias" in models.