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Came across a press release from the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada: The federal government plans to make an equity investment of up to approximately C$1.6 billion in Toronto-based AI company Cohere, joining private investors in its Series E round (targeting up to approximately C$7 billion).

Key details: After the round’s initial close, the company was valued at approximately C$35.7–36 billion. Schwarz Group led the round, with NVIDIA, Bell Ventures, Bullhound, Inovia, Prosperity7 and others participating. The Canadian government is also taking an equity stake. In return, Cohere has committed to creating at least 1,000 new high-paying tech jobs in Canada by 2030, investing at least C$1.7 billion in computing infrastructure, and keeping its incorporation and headquarters in Canada. Government funding will be disbursed in stages, with progress on jobs and investment subject to reporting requirements.

When it comes to sovereign AI, Canada is doing more than just “renting American models”—it’s putting real money into equity stakes.

#AI #Cohere #SovereignAI

Cohere drops its first open-source agent programming model, North Mini Code, focusing on sovereign AI and high throughput.

Cohere announced the open-source release of its first large model for agent programming, North Mini Code, built on the MoE architecture with a total parameter count of 30B, activating only 3B parameters during each forward pass. The model is available under the Apache 2.0 license, allowing deployment on local or private clouds.

In programming benchmarks, North Mini Code scored 33.4, with an output throughput 2.8 times that of similar models, and a 30% reduction in latency between tokens. The model is specifically trained for Agent workflows, excelling at coordinating sub-agents, drafting architecture diagrams, and conducting code reviews.

Why it matters: This is a significant breakthrough for Cohere in the AI programming space, and the open-source strategy will drive the decentralization of AI development tools, reducing reliance on cloud vendors for enterprises.

#Cohere #AI #开源 #Agent #Web3