About Cohere

Cohere the leading AI platform for enterprise. Its world-class AI is uniquely suited to the needs of business, unlocking the value of the world’s unstructured information, and ushering in the next wave of value creation for enterprises, startups, and consumers across the globe. 

Cohere models are pre-trained on billions of words, making its API easy to use and customize. Its multilingual semantic search supports 100+ languages, breaking down language barriers. Its platform is cloud-agnostic, and can be deployed on virtual private cloud (VPC) or even on-site to meet companies where their data is, offering the highest levels of flexibility and control. 

Inovia’s perspective on this market is no secret— we view this moment as an unprecedented opportunity for new value creation at the business and societal level that is developing right before our eyes. Cohere has the team, the insights, and the execution mindset to build a global industry-defining business that stands the test of time, and they can do it right here from our Canadian backyard.

Language AI has the potential to revolutionize the way we work and change the enterprise market in a way we have not seen since the Industrial Revolution.

Cohere: Pioneering the Future of Language AI for Business

Investing in Cohere: Bringing LLMs to the Enterprise on Inovia Conversations

Company Information

Headquarters: Toronto

Investment Information

Investment year: 2023

Inovia Team Members: Steve Woods Kory Jeffrey Noah Nagle

Cohere's Journey with Inovia

2016

Steve Woods meets Nick Frosst while working at Google

Jul 2021

Steve joins Inovia and starts tracking Cohere founders Nick & Aidan (now at Cohere)

Mar 2022

Steve and Kory visit Cohere offices

Nov 2022

Steve and Kory introduce the concept of Inovia leading Cohere’s Series C financing

Jan 2023

Series C term sheet signed

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More to come!