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Canada to invest up to $1.6B in Toronto-based AI company Cohere
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Carney says Canada won't wait for AI to be decided by other countries Canada doesn't trust
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Canada → say → countries
The Canadian government is taking an equity stake in Cohere, joining a funding round led by Germany's Schwarz Group targeting $7 billion for the Toronto-based AI lab, Cohere said on Thursday.
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Cohere → take → Thursday
The round would value Cohere at about $36 billion.
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round → value → billion
Schwarz, which owns the Lidl and Kaufland retail chains, pledged $780 million to lead the round in April as part of Cohere's merger with the German AI developer Aleph Alpha.
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which → own → developer
Cohere said the money will fund model development, products for regulated industries and computing infrastructure.
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money → say → industries
Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement Thursday as he welcomed European Union leaders to Montreal for a summit aimed at forging closer ties.
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he → make → ties
He said Ottawa would invest up to $1.6 billion in Cohere.
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Ottawa → say → Cohere
Other investors included Nvidia and BCE's Bell Canada subsidiary, he said.
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"Cohere will stay Canadian, creating more opportunities for our workers and businesses.
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Cohere → stay → workers
Its incorporation and headquarters will remain here," he said in a speech.
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he → remain → speech
Company to invest $1.7B in new infrastructure by 2030
Carney said Canada won't wait for the future of artificial intelligence to be decided elsewhere by those Canadians don't know or trust.
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Canadians → invest → those
Cohere will invest at least $1.7 billion in new computing infrastructure in Canada by 2030, he added.
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he → invest → 2030
Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez called the government's investment "a huge honour."
Schwarz, which owned more than 20 per cent of Aleph Alpha, spent almost $25 billion on new data centres in Germany.
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which → call → Germany
Schwarz Digits CEO Christian Müller said the group plans to run Cohere's models on its STACKIT cloud, calling the investment the next step after the Aleph Alpha deal.
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group → say → deal
Cohere has completed only an initial close of the round and did not say how much has been committed so far or when it expects the round to close.
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round → complete → round
The company said annual recurring revenue grew 165 per cent year over year as of the third quarter and that its customer count has grown to 300.
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count → say → 300
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