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Market2026-10-29

Cohere is raising a large funding round at a $20.5 billion valuation. The round roughly triples its value from a year ago. Cohere completed the first close of a financing round expected to total up to $5 billion. Backers include the Government of Canada and Nvidia. Schwarz Group previously committed $600 million. The figures come from a Bloomberg report.

What changed

Cohere was valued at roughly one-third of $20.5 billion a year ago.

What it unlocks

Raising capital to scale AI model development and operations.

  • $20.5 billion valuation
  • up to $5 billion round
  • $600 million from Schwarz Group

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