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Cohere
Canadian enterprise AI company; acquiring Aleph Alpha at 90/10 split with Toronto-Heidelberg dual HQ under German sovereignty conditions.
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#16 16 Sept
Signed the business combination agreement and will operate the merged company as Cohere
European Tech Sovereignty: Aleph Alpha signs itself into Cohere#16 16 Sept
“appointed chief research officer”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#16 16 Sept
“appointed chief operating officer”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#16 16 Sept
#14 30 Jul
Mentioned in: Germany declines to open an SAP case
European Tech Sovereignty#11 3 Jul
Continued negotiating the stalled merger with Aleph Alpha
European Tech Sovereignty: Aleph Alpha merger stalls on Berlin#5 19 May
Mentioned in: Germany pays maintainers to staff IETF and W3C
European Tech Sovereignty#5 7 May
Mentioned in: AI Omnibus deal splits enforcement into two speeds
European Tech Sovereignty#5 25 Apr
Structured merger at 90/10 equity split with Aleph Alpha; close targeted H2 2026
European Tech Sovereignty: Cohere-Aleph Alpha settle at 90/10, no filing yet#4 24 Apr
Merged with Aleph Alpha at $20bn valuation and raised $600m Series E from Schwarz Group
European Tech Sovereignty: Schwarz triangle closes at $20bn merger#3 23 Apr
Mentioned in: Brussels sovereignty summit opens without European AI builders
European Tech Sovereignty#3 23 Apr
Continued merger talks with Aleph Alpha without lodging a Bundeskartellamt filing
European Tech Sovereignty: Cohere-Aleph Alpha merger still unfiled four weeks in#2 16 Apr
Mentioned in: UK names first Sovereign AI investees
European Tech Sovereignty#2 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Meta faces DMA order on WhatsApp AI
European Tech Sovereignty#2 14 Apr
Mentioned in: DTC Quantum names four Harwell cohort firms
UK Startups and Innovation#1 10 Apr
entered advanced merger talks with Aleph Alpha subject to German sovereignty conditions
European Tech Sovereignty: Cohere and Aleph Alpha in merger talks#1 10 Apr
#2 15 Oct
European Tech Sovereignty · source event