AI Chat: ChatGPT & AI News, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Machine Learning Cohere Raises $100M at $7B Valuation, Partners with AMD
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Sep 25, 2025 Cohere has secured a whopping $100M funding, reaching a $7B valuation in a record time. Their partnership with AMD aims to enhance their GPU support, boosting competitiveness. Delving into their origins, the company was founded by AI trailblazer Aidan Gomez, known for his pivotal role in the Transformers paper. As they carve out a niche in enterprise AI, discussions on data sovereignty and local model control highlight their unique market stance. Investors see steady growth and potential expansion into broader sectors, making Cohere a company to watch.
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Rapid Fundraising Boosts Valuation
- Cohere raised an additional $100M after an already oversubscribed $500M round, bringing total recent fundraising to about $600M.
- That new injection pushed Cohere's valuation to roughly $7B, showing strong investor demand.
AMD Partnership Expands Hardware Options
- Cohere announced a partnership to run its command-family models on AMD Instinct GPUs, signaling multi-vendor hardware support.
- Aligning with AMD may attract investment and differentiate Cohere from startups closely tied to NVIDIA.
Founding Link To Transformers Paper
- Cohere's co-founder Aidan Gomez co-authored the Transformers paper "Attention Is All You Need," linking the company to foundational LLM research.
- That pedigree set early expectations that Cohere would be a front-runner in the model race.
