# 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.

[Learn more](/content/research/index.html)

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.

[Learn more](/content/north/index.html)

**Geoffrey Hinton**

2024 Nobel Laureate in Physics

University Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, University of Toronto

### Very large language models are now giving computers a much better understanding of human communication. The team at Cohere is building technology that will make this revolution in natural language understanding much more widely available.

### Meet our team

**Founders**  
  
Aidan Gomez  
Co-founder and CEO  
  
Nick Frosst  
Co-founder  
  
Ivan Zhang  
Co-founder

**Executive team**  
- Joelle Pineau  
Chief AI Officer  
- François Chadwick  
Chief Financial Officer  
- Frank O'Dowd  
Chief Revenue and Commercial Officer  
- Phil Blunsom  
Chief Technology Officer  
- Laura Moss  
SVP, Finance  
- Nora Beatty  
SVP, People Operations

### Born in Canada 🇨🇦   Building worldwide

Toronto  
  
New York  
  
London  
  
San Francisco  
  
Montreal  
  
Paris  
  
Seoul

### Want to help build the future of enterprise AI?

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