AI firm Cohere raises US$500 million, giving business US$6.8 billion valuation
The funding round was led by Radical Ventures and Inovia Capital, with additional cash from AMD Ventures, Nvidia, PSP Investments, Salesforce Ventures and the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan.
Cohere says the money will accelerate the Toronto-based company's efforts to build agentic AI products.
It says its AI aims to free people from tedious tasks, giving them more time for more interesting and challenging work.
In addition to the funding, Cohere announced Joelle Pineau, who was previously Meta's vice-president of AI research, will become the company's chief AI officer.
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Francois Chadwick, who has worked at Uber and KPMG, will become Cohere's chief financial officer.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 14, 2025.
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