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Cohere
Cohere Inc. is a Canadian multinational technology company focused on artificial intelligence. Cohere specializes in large language models and AI products for regulated industries, particularly the finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and energy fields, as well as the public sector. Cohere was founded in 2019 by Aidan Gomez, Ivan Zhang, and Nick Frosst and is headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Montreal, New York City, San Francisco, London, Paris, and Seoul. In April 2026, Cohere agreed to acquire German AI firm Aleph Alpha.
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Cohere at a glance
Cohere is an ai/ml company headquartered in United States, founded in 2019. It has raised at least $666.5M across the 5 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Series D, raised $500M in August 2025. Xcout tracks 9 named people at Cohere, including Aidan N. Gomez (CEO). Xcout recorded 170 job postings from Cohere in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, NetSuite.
Cohere leadership
- Aidan N. GomezCEO
- François ChadwickChief Financial Officer
- Phil BlunsomChief Technology Officer
- Frank O’DowdChief Revenue and Commercial Officer
- Joelle PineauChief AI Officer
- Aidan GomezCo-founder and CEO
3 more named people on record for Cohere, with roles, board committees and tenure — see the full roster →
Cohere funding rounds
At least $666.5M raised across the 5 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | $500M | 3 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $1.1M | — | |
| Series B | $125M | — | |
| Series A | $40M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $482,000 | — |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Cohere
Xcout recorded 170 job postings from Cohere in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since April 2026.
Tools named in Cohere's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 19 tools — see Cohere's hiring signals →
Recent Cohere news
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 103 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 197 startup technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Cohere’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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Cohere competitors
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- 9 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 5 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 2 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
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