Cohere raised US$500 million at a US$6.8 billion valuation, the company said on 14 August 2025. Funds were framed for global expansion and next-generation secure enterprise and sovereign AI, including agentic solutions. A US$100 million second close of the same round followed in September 2025.
CEO Aidan Gomez leads the Toronto-rooted enterprise model company. A September 2026 definitive combination with Aleph Alpha would expand its European sovereign footprint subject to regulatory approvals; that deal is covered in a separate AI-360 archive note.
Enterprise buyers evaluating Cohere should ask about data residency options, how models are fine-tuned on customer data, and what changes if the Aleph Alpha combination closes.