While Cohere has not publicly acknowledged its partnership with Palantir, it has previously announced collaborations with companies like Fujitsu. The partnership with Palantir suggests Cohere's AI could be used by large enterprises, potentially including defense and intelligence agencies, although Cohere declined to comment on military or intelligence-related use cases. Palantir, known for its work with defense and intelligence sectors, also did not comment. Meanwhile, OpenAI has secured a deal with defense tech company Anduril, indicating its involvement in similar sectors.
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- Cohere, valued at $5.5 billion, is a prominent AI startup co-founded by an author of the influential “Attention Is All You Need” paper.
- Cohere partners with Palantir, providing AI models to various Palantir customers through Foundry, Palantir's commercial platform.
- There is a specific deployment of Cohere’s AI for a Palantir customer with strict data storage constraints and a need for Arabic inference.
- Cohere has not publicly disclosed its partnerships with Palantir, and both companies declined to comment on military or intelligence-related use cases.