Canada-based Cohere and Germany-based Aleph Alpha agree to a merger valuing the combination at ~$20B, to work on sovereign AI; both governments support the deal
Canadian and German start-ups to focus on ‘sovereign’ AI systems independent of US and China — Canadian AI start-up Cohere …
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@aleph__alpha
@aleph__alpha
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Today, we announce a landmark agreement with @cohere. By uniting our European research depth with global AI scale, we are building a transatlantic AI powerhouse to give enterprises control over their AI. Learn more about our shared vision here: https://www.businesswire.com/ ... […
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@cohere
@cohere
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🚀 Sovereign AI for the World. Cohere & Aleph Alpha form transatlantic AI powerhouse anchored in Canada & Germany! Combining our global scale with European R&D excellence to build sovereign, enterprise-grade AI. Security, privacy & trust for businesses & governments worldwide. [im…
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Aleph Alpha
Aleph Alpha
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Today, we are announcing a landmark agreement with Cohere. This partnership unites Aleph Alpha's research depth, strong commercial relationships …
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Cohere
Cohere
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🚀 Sovereign AI for the World — Today we announced a transatlantic partnership creating a globally competitive AI powerhouse anchored in Canada and Germany. …
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@provisionalidea
James Rosen-Birch
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We already knew this but Solomon's statement confirms it (announcing private sector transactions as gov't accomplishments) — The Canadian and German gov'ts engineered a merger between a Canadian AI scaleup and a middling German tech consultancy whose founder lost faith in the
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@cohere
@cohere
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🚀 Sovereign AI for the world. Cohere & Aleph Alpha form transatlantic AI powerhouse anchored in Canada & Germany! Combining our global scale with European R&D excellence to build sovereign, enterprise-grade AI. Security, privacy & trust for businesses & governments worldwide. [im…
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@mattturck
Matt Turck
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Combining Cohere and Aleph Alpha is such an interesting moment. Spending a lot of time outside the US, hard to overstate how much reluctance there is to outsourcing intelligence to a handful of US platforms, given current geopolitical chaos.
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@nickfrosst
Nick Frosst
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If tech is going to deliver on the promise of empowerment, it needs to be fully under the control of those who use it. Today, we announced that Cohere and Aleph Alpha are uniting to build a global AI champion that does exactly that. We are putting control of AI back in the
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@1vnzh
Ivan Zhang
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Sovereign AI for the world.
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@himanshustwts
Himanshu
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Cohere merging with Aleph Alpha is interesting. I think it's going to be straightforward enterprise play in EU. And the equity split says a lot here. Will be interesting to watch how this will shape EU sovereign distribution and credibility. Good thing for Aleph Alpha btw. [image…
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@aidangomez
Aidan Gomez
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Germany is the world's third largest economy after the US and China, and the economic powerhouse of Europe. We are thrilled to have Canada and Germany as deep strategic partners at our back! 🇨🇦 🇩🇪
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@trajektoriepl
Michał Podlewski
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2023: The European Union is desperate for its own artificial intelligence giant. German startup Aleph Alpha might be its best hope. 2026: Canada's AI startup Cohere buys Germany's Aleph Alpha to expand in Europe. Turns out “digital sovereignty” in EU was just a buzzword. [image]
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@evanlsolomon
Evan Solomon
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Cohere and Aleph Alpha are joining forces to build a leading sovereign AI platform, anchored in Canada and strengthened by Germany. This is an important moment for Canada, Germany, and democratic countries that want trusted AI options built with our values, our workers, our IP, […
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@giffmana
Lucas Beyer
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@xeophon Wow, this is pretty bearish on Cohere tbh