Let Freedom: Political News, Un-Biased, Lex Fridman, Joe Rogan, CNN, Fox News Cohere Raises $100M, Partners with AMD for AI Growth
Sep 27, 2025
Cohere has scored a massive $100M funding boost, rocketing its valuation to $7B. They’ve teamed up with AMD to enhance AI infrastructure, setting the stage for fierce competition in the LLM market. The discussion dives into Cohere's journey, including insights on its founders and unique enterprise focus. Comparisons with giants like OpenAI reveal their steady growth trajectory. The conversation rounds out with thoughts on consumer adoption and the potential for broader use cases. Exciting developments are on the horizon!
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Cohere's Enterprise-Focused Valuation Surge
- Cohere raised ~$600M total and sits at a ~$7B valuation after an oversubscribed round.
- The company focuses on enterprise AI models rather than consumer chat products.
AMD Partnership Changes Infrastructure Play
- Cohere signed a strategic partnership with AMD to run models on AMD Instinct GPUs as an NVIDIA competitor move.
- This hardware alignment helps attract investor interest and differentiates infrastructure choices.
Early Promise, Then Relative Overshadowing
- Cohere was an early front-runner with strong technical founders including Aidan Gomez.
- Public perception shifted as rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic scaled faster, overshadowing Cohere.