# Shaping the frontier of ML research Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan ## Changing where, how, and by whom breakthroughs happen Cohere Labs pushes the boundaries of fundamental ML research while changing who shapes it, bringing diverse perspectives together to build trustworthy, collaborative, and universally capable AI systems. ### Cohere Labs at a glance ### 0+ ##### papers published ### 0+ ##### Open Science collaborators ### 0+ ##### global project partners ### Collectively advancing the science of AI #### Tiny Aya Experience the Tiny Aya model family: 70+ languages, region-tuned expertise, and phone-ready performance that brings high-quality multilingual capabilities to every corner of the globe. [Learn more](/content/research/aya/index.html) #### Open Science Initiative Through nurturing a vibrant Open Science Community with 4500 members from 150 countries and releasing all of our research and models to the public, we are empowering the next era of scientific discovery and progress. [Learn More](/content/research/open-science/index.html) #### Catalyst Grants Catalyst Grants provide academic partners, civic institutions and impact focused organizations free access to the Cohere API to pursue projects driving real-world change through artificial intelligence. [Learn More](/content/research/grants/index.html) #### Research Scholars Program The Scholars Program carves pathways for rising researchers to become the next generation of AI leaders through mentorship with our top-tier research team and access to powerful research infrastructure. [Learn More](/content/research/scholars-program/index.html) ## Our research ### Leaderboard Illusion Systemic flaws in AI benchmarking are revealed in our LMArena study. [Read more](/content/research/papers/the-leaderboard-illusion-2025-04-30/index.html) ### Tiny Aya Bridging scale and multilingual depth. [Learn more](/content/research/papers/tiny-aya-bridging-scale-and-multilingual-depth-2026-02-17/index.html) ### SimMerge: Learning to Select Merge Operators from Similarity Signals [Read the paper](/content/research/papers/simmerge-learning-to-select-merge-operators-from-similarity-signals-2026-01-15/index.html) ### Research papers [Browse all](/content/research/papers/index.html) ### Featured models **Aya Models** A global initiative led by Cohere Labs to advance state-of-the-art multilingual AI. From our original Aya Dataset to our latest Tiny Aya models, we bridge gaps between people and cultures across the world. [Learn More](/content/research/aya/index.html) **Cohere Labs Hugging Face Space** Explore and interact with our models directly on our Hugging Face Space, making AI research and experimentation accessible to the global community. [Learn More](https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs) ## Frequently asked questions - ##### What’s Cohere Labs’ origin story? In 2017, a team of friends, classmates, and engineers started a distributed research collaboration, with a focus on creating a medium for early-career AI enthusiasts to engage with experienced researchers – they called it “for.ai.” Two of those co-founding members, Aidan Gomez and Ivan Zhang, later went on to co-found Cohere, and many of the original members went on to do exciting things (pursuing PhDs, working at industry and academic labs). At the time, For AI was one of the first community-driven research groups to support independent researchers around the world. In June 2022, For AI was brought back as "Cohere For AI" when we started our journey as a dedicated research lab and community for exploring the unknown, together. We renamed to Cohere Labs in April 2025. Watch the Cohere Labs history video [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDl0jy5KLg). - ##### Do you charge for your educational programs or community membership? We do not charge for participating in any of our programs, and are committed to supporting educational outreach programs, which include compute resources and infrastructure needed to participate in machine learning research. - ##### Are you hiring for research positions or interns? Our full list of positions are listed [here](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cohere?departmentId=1fe5a70b-e50a-402b-b42b-6aed4c61614e). - ##### How can I stay in touch? To stay up to date on upcoming talks, [sign up for our mailing list](/content/research/newsletter/index.html). You can also apply to [join our open science community](/content/research/open-science/application/index.html) or follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cohere-labs/) and [Twitter](https://x.com/Cohere_Labs). - ##### What is Aya? Aya is a state-of-the-art, open source, massively multilingual research LLM covering 101 languages – including more than 50 previously underserved languages. Learn more [here](/content/research/aya/index.html).