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    Photo of AI researcher and former Meta AI executive Joelle Pineau who was recently hired by Canadian AI company Cohere to help oversee its strategy.

    Cohere looks to shed its underdog status with a star AI hire, new CFO and $7 billion valuation — chasing ‘ROI over AGI’ 

    The Toronto startup wants to prove it’s more than a national champion. With former Meta AI exec Joelle Pineau on board and a $7 billion valuation, Cohere is betting that the future of AI is enterprise ROI—not sci-fi ‘superintelligence.’

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