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Canadian AI Start-up Cohere Raises $500m, Hires Former Meta Exec

Joelle Pineau will lead Cohere’s AI strategy and research as it competes with larger firms, aiming to raise $500 million and focus on privacy-sensitive enterprise AI applications.

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Cohere announced a fresh $6.8bn valuation and hired former Meta vice president for AI research Joelle Pineau as its first chief AI officer.

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After leaving Meta in the spring, computer researcher Joëlle Pineau will continue her career with Cohere as Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI), she announced on Thursday. This hiring is part of the growth objective of the Toronto company, while she receives new funding from the Canadian Radical Ventures and Inovia Capital Technology Funds.

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TechCrunch broke the news in United States on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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