Cohere and Aleph Alpha Merge to Build a $20B Sovereign AI Counterweight to US and China
Canadian AI firm Cohere is acquiring Germany's Aleph Alpha in a deal valuing the combined entity at ~$20B, backed by both governments.
Canadian AI firm Cohere is acquiring Germany's Aleph Alpha in a deal valuing the combined entity at ~$20B, backed by both governments.
Cohere has launched Tiny Aya, a compact 3.35 billion parameter open-weight AI model supporting over 70 languages including underserved African and Indic dialects, optimized for sovereign and on-device AI deployment ahead of its 2026 IPO.