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Toronto-based AI startup Cohere is opening a Montréal office to deepen ties with Québec’s AI ecosystem. The company, which develops enterprise AI tools and large-language models, plans to triple its current seven-person Montréal team. CEO Aidan Gomez said the hub will help attract talent and strengthen partnerships with institutions such as Mila, the globally recognized AI research institute.

Cohere recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the federal government and received $240 million to build a Canadian AI data centre, reportedly linking to CoreWeave’s new Cambridge facility. Cohere’s expansion reinforces its focus on Canadian AI leadership and multilingual support.

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Toronto-based AI company Cohere is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a copyright lawsuit filed by major publishers including the Toronto Star, Vox Media, and Condé Nast. The media firms accuse Cohere of systematic copyright and trademark infringement, citing outputs from its AI that allegedly reproduce news articles verbatim.

In its defense, Cohere claims plaintiffs manipulated prompts to generate misleading results and “gin up” a legal case. Filed in the Southern District of New York, the case adds to growing legal scrutiny of generative AI. Cohere denies wrongdoing and seeks full dismissal.

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Vancouver-based Ottogrid, a developer of AI tools for automating enterprise market research, has been acquired by Cohere. Founded in 2023 as Cognosys by Sully Omar and Homam Malkawi, Ottogrid rebranded in 2024 after a major product overhaul. Its current platform offers a table-based interface with AI-powered document parsing and sales lead enrichment.

Backed by GV, Untapped Capital, and Cohere co-founders, Ottogrid raised $2 million prior to acquisition. The team will now integrate its technology into North, Cohere’s generative AI product for enterprise research and knowledge work.

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Toronto-based AI company Cohere has launched Embed 4, a new multimodal search model capable of interpreting text, PDFs, graphs, and other visual formats across more than 100 languages. Designed for enterprise use, Embed 4 outperforms OpenAI’s top embedding model in multilingual tasks and excels in sectors like finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Cohere’s business-facing focus contrasts with consumer models, emphasizing real-world decision support over image generation. “Most businesses don’t need more pictures of cats,” said co-founder Nick Frosst. The model has been optimized for performance in languages such as Japanese, Arabic, and French.

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The Government of Canada has finalized an investment of up to $240 million in Cohere’s $725 million AI compute project, Minister Anita Anand announced today. The funding will support a new Canadian AI data centre launching this year, boosting domestic compute capacity and enabling Cohere to commercialize large language models and compete globally.

The initiative marks the first award under the AI Compute Challenge, part of Canada’s Sovereign AI Compute Strategy. It also aims to support other Canadian AI firms and researchers by offering access to state-of-the-art infrastructure, reinforcing Canada’s leadership in the global AI race.

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Toronto-based Cohere has launched Command A, a new generative AI model designed to deliver high performance with lower processing power. The model runs on just two Nvidia A100 or H100 chips, compared to the dozens required by competitors, making it cost-effective for enterprise adoption.

Cohere claims Command A rivals OpenAI’s GPT-4o and DeepSeek V3 in performance, excelling in academic tasks, retail workflows, and code generation. Integrated into Cohere’s North platform, the model enhances AI agents for HR, finance, and enterprise applications. Pricing remains in line with OpenAI’s GPT-4o.

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Toronto-based Cohere is taking a focused approach to AI, prioritizing business applications over consumer chatbots. The company’s North platform is being developed for industries such as banking (RBC) and telecom (STC Group), with plans to expand into healthcare and government.

Unlike rivals OpenAI and Anthropic, Cohere builds smaller, industry-specific models, prioritizing privacy and security. The firm is also Canada’s AI anchor tenant, securing $240M in federal funding for a new data center with CoreWeave. Amid U.S. AI dominance, Cohere’s CEO remains optimistic, stating, “We’re building the best tech—and we’re going to keep doing that.”

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A coalition of 14 major media companies, including Toronto Star, Vox Media, and Condé Nast, has filed a copyright lawsuit against Cohere, accusing it of unauthorized use of their content to train its AI models. Filed in New York, the suit alleges massive copyright and trademark infringement and seeks damages plus an order stopping Cohere from using their work.

The filing claims Cohere’s chat tool reproduces entire articles and even fabricates content attributed to publishers. Cohere denies wrongdoing, calling the lawsuit “misguided” and defending its enterprise AI training practices. The case follows similar lawsuits against OpenAI and Anthropic.

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