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As of May 18, 2026
Hacker News mentions increased 29.2% over the last 30 days. Hacker News is discussion volume, not adoption.
Cohere
Enterprise-focused LLM company. Strong in embeddings and RAG.
Foundation ModelsFounded January 2019#4 of 17 in Foundation Models
Updated May 29, 2026
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Company profile
What is Cohere?
Cohere builds LLMs for enterprise. Strong in embeddings, search, and RAG applications. Co-founder Aidan Gomez co-authored the Transformer paper. Raised $270M Series C.
History
Research history
3 research updates
Foundation Models
Cohere: Hacker News mentions increased 29.2% over the last 30 days
LatestFoundation Models
Cohere: Hacker News mentions increased 70% over the last 30 days
1 metricFoundation Models
Cohere: Hacker News mentions increased 60% over the last 30 days
1 metricLatest company data
Primary data point
Downloads
45.1M/30d
- npm
- 1.8M
- PyPI
- 43.3M
Tracked packages: npm cohere-ai; PyPI cohere
▲ +13%npm + PyPI: Updated 1d ago
Other data points
Dependent projects
900
- npm
- 242
- PyPI
- 658
Projects depending on tracked packages: npm cohere-ai; PyPI cohere
npm + PyPI: Updated 9h ago
GitHub stars
388
Main repository stars
Updated 9h ago
Hacker News
29/30d
Position #6 in category discussion
Updated 9h ago
Repository health
Maintenance data from the main open-source repository.
OpenSSF ScorecardSource: OpenSSF ScorecardUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Score 0–10 across security practices; not all checks apply to every repoMethodology →
5.2
Releases (30d)Source: GitHub release dataUpdates: WeeklyCaveat: Published releases in the last 30 daysMethodology →
0
Repository usage
Public repositories and source files importing packages tied to Cohere.
Repos importingMetric: Public GitHub repos using company packagesSource: ecosyste.ms Packages APIScope: UTC daily snapshotUpdates: DailyFreshness: 48h target; 48h expected source lagConfidence: HighCaveat: Public GitHub dependency data only; private repos and direct API use outside those packages are not visible.Methodology →
1.4K0%
About Cohere
Cohere builds LLMs for enterprise. Strong in embeddings, search, and RAG applications. Co-founder Aidan Gomez co-authored the Transformer paper. Raised $270M Series C.
FoundersAidan Gomez, Nick Frosst, Ivan Zhang
Funding
$1.5B · 5 roundsRaised $1.5B total. Category position #4 of 17 in Foundation Models.
Series E2025
$600MSeries D2024
$500MPSP Investments
Series C2023
$270MThrive Capital
Series B2022
$125MTiger Global
Series A2021
$40MIndex Ventures
Investors
Index VenturesPSP InvestmentsThrive CapitalTiger Global
Tracked packages (2)
1 npm, 1 PyPI
cohere-ai
npmMain npm packagecohere-ai
Enables the development of robust conversational AI experiences and chatbots for enterprise use.
cohere
PyPIMain PyPI packagecohere
Enables the development of robust conversational AI experiences and chatbots for enterprise use.