AI startup Cohere raises $450 million from Nvidia, Salesforce, Cisco, and more

Cohere competes with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Mistral, which have also raised billions of dollars of strategic investors such as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

Canadian AI startup Cohere has raised $450 million in funding from returning investors such as Nvidia and Salesforce Ventures, as well as new investors including Cisco and Canadian pension fund PSP Investments, according to a source familiar the matter.