How popular is Cohere among developers?

Cohere has 17.4M combined package downloads per month (1.7M npm for cohere-ai, 15.7M PyPI for cohere), 381 GitHub stars, ranked #45 on the AI-Buzz Developer Momentum Index. Metrics are updated daily from npm, PyPI, and GitHub.

What is Cohere's developer sentiment?

Cohere has a negative developer sentiment on Hacker News, with 0% positive mentions across 20 analyzed comments (moderate confidence). Sentiment is derived from AI-Buzz's automated analysis of Hacker News discussions.

How much funding has Cohere raised?

Cohere has raised $1.2B across 5 funding rounds. The most recent was a Series D.

What is Cohere's Developer Momentum Index score?

Cohere has a Developer Momentum Index (DMI) score of 18/100, ranking it #45 among all AI companies tracked by AI-Buzz. The DMI is a composite score combining developer adoption (package downloads), community signals (Hacker News mentions and sentiment), GitHub activity, and search demand.

Cohere

Data confidence: High

Enterprise-focused LLM company. Strong in embeddings and RAG.

Founded by: Aidan Gomez, Nick Frosst, Ivan Zhang

DMI: 18#45 of 262 (Top 18%)HN 30d: 20

381 · 84 forks

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Cohere has a Developer Momentum Index of 18, ranking #45 of 262 companies. Key metrics include 17.4M monthly package downloads, 381 GitHub stars, $1.2B in total funding.

Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

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npm Downloads (30d)

1.7M

cohere-ai

PyPI Downloads (30d)

15.7M

cohere

Total Downloads (30d)

17.4M

npm + PyPI combined

Active Contributors (30d)

Unique committers, 30-day window

npm Dependents

211

Packages using cohere-ai

Active Contributors Trend

90-day trend

github contributors remained stable at 3 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github contributors
Mar 5, 2026	3
Mar 6, 2026	3

npm Dependents Trend

Trend data not yet available

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npm Download Trend

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 1,652,700 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	1,652,700
Mar 6, 2026	1,652,700

PyPI Download Trend

90-day trend↑ +1.0%

PyPI Downloads grew from 15,586,246 to 15,746,856 (+1.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	15,586,246
Mar 6, 2026	15,746,856

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Key Signals

Developer Community Metrics

How we calculate →

Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#16 in Foundation Models by HN mentions (out of 33 tracked)

GitHub VelocityCommit velocity paused (0.0x vs 4-week average)

Funding Trajectory5 rounds in 34 months, ($40M → $125M → $270M → $270M → $500M)

Community Sentiment0% positive HN sentiment (20 comments) • Moderate confidence

Category Benchmark

33 Foundation Models companies

17.4M downloads/mo1185% above median

0Median: 1.4M2.7M+

30-Day Trends

npm Downloads

90-day trend

npm Downloads remained stable at 1,652,700 over the last 90 days.

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Date	npm downloads
Mar 5, 2026	1,652,700
Mar 6, 2026	1,652,700

PyPI Downloads

90-day trend↑ +1.0%

PyPI Downloads grew from 15,586,246 to 15,746,856 (+1.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	pypi downloads
Mar 5, 2026	15,586,246
Mar 6, 2026	15,746,856

GitHub Stars

90-day trend

GitHub Stars grew from 378 to 381 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Feb 1, 2026	378
Feb 2, 2026	378
Feb 7, 2026	378
Feb 8, 2026	377
Feb 9, 2026	378
Feb 10, 2026	379
Feb 12, 2026	380
Feb 13, 2026	380
Feb 14, 2026	380
Feb 15, 2026	380
Feb 16, 2026	380
Feb 17, 2026	380
Feb 19, 2026	381
Feb 21, 2026	381
Feb 22, 2026	381
Feb 23, 2026	381
Feb 24, 2026	381
Feb 25, 2026	381
Feb 26, 2026	381
Feb 27, 2026	381
Feb 28, 2026	381

HN Mentions

90-day trend↑ +150.0%

HN Mentions grew from 8 to 20 (+150.0%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Jan 6, 2026	8
Jan 9, 2026	9
Jan 10, 2026	9
Jan 15, 2026	10
Jan 16, 2026	9
Jan 17, 2026	8
Jan 18, 2026	8
Jan 20, 2026	8
Jan 21, 2026	8
Jan 22, 2026	8
Jan 23, 2026	9
Jan 24, 2026	10
Jan 25, 2026	13
Jan 27, 2026	13
Jan 29, 2026	17
Jan 30, 2026	17
Jan 31, 2026	18
Feb 1, 2026	17
Feb 2, 2026	17
Feb 3, 2026	18
Feb 4, 2026	20
Feb 5, 2026	20

Funding Rounds

Series D$500M

2024 · PSP Investments

Series C$270M

2023 · Thrive Capital

Series C$270M

2023 · Inovia Capital

Show 2 earlier rounds

Series B$125M

2022 · Tiger Global

Series A$40M

2021 · Index Ventures

Investors

Index Ventures Inovia Capital PSP Investments Thrive Capital Tiger Global

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Cohere has 1,652,700 npm downloads in 30 days, with 15,746,856 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 3 active contributors in 30 days, with 211 npm dependent packages, ranks #16 in Foundation Models for HN discussion share (out of 33 tracked with 0.3% of HN discussion), with 0% positive developer sentiment (20 HN comments analyzed).

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Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

About

Description

Enterprise-focused LLM company. Strong in embeddings and RAG.

Estimated Company Size

251 - 500 employees

Website

cohere.com

Details

Founded

2019

Description

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.

Developer Signals

How we calculate →

Community engagement metrics that indicate developer traction and interest.

Hacker News Mentions(30 days)

Mentions in HN discussions. Source: Hacker News Algolia API.

20current

→1.2x category median

90-day trend↓ -37.5%

HN Mentions declined from 32 to 20 (-37.5%) over the last 90 days.

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Date	hn mentions
Apr 7, 2025	32
May 7, 2025	18
Jun 6, 2025	9
Jul 6, 2025	8
Aug 5, 2025	18
Sep 4, 2025	13
Oct 4, 2025	15
Nov 3, 2025	19
Dec 3, 2025	7
Jan 2, 2026	8
Feb 1, 2026	20

Community Sentiment(20 comments analyzed)Moderate confidence

Sentiment analysis of Hacker News comments only. Does not include Reddit, Discord, or other platforms.

0% positive

365-day trend

No HN Sentiment (Positive) data recorded in this period.

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Date	hn sentiment positive
Feb 1, 2026	0

GitHub Stars(total)

Total stars indicate project popularity and developer adoption.

381current

↓<0.1x category median

90-day trend

GitHub Stars grew from 378 to 381 over the last 90 days.

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Date	github stars
Jan 31, 2026	378
Feb 7, 2026	379
Feb 14, 2026	380
Feb 21, 2026	381
Feb 28, 2026	381

GitHub Forks

Forks indicate active developer engagement and contribution interest.

Recent News

Cohere's $240M year sets stage for IPO

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Feb 13, 2026•techcrunch

Products & Tools

Command

A powerful large language model designed for a wide range of enterprise applications and business use cases.

Embed

Generates high-quality vector embeddings for text, enabling advanced search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and semantic understanding.

Rerank

Optimizes search results and improves the relevance of retrieved documents for RAG applications by reordering them.

Chat

Enables the development of robust conversational AI experiences and chatbots for enterprise use.

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Data Confidence

Excellent

95/ 100

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Open Source

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Forks

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