Co-Founder & CEO of Cohere
"Aidan Gomez co-created the Transformer architecture at Google Brain before founding Cohere to bring secure LLMs to global enterprises."
Aidan Gomez
Co-Founder & CEO • Cohere
In 2017, 20-year-old Aidan Gomez co-authored the landmark paper 'Attention Is All You Need' at Google Brain—the foundational research that birthed ChatGPT, Claude, and modern generative AI.
Gomez co-founded Cohere in Toronto to build foundation models specifically designed for enterprise deployment. Unlike consumer AI chatbots, Cohere focuses on secure, cloud-agnostic Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and data privacy.
In 2026, Cohere is valued at $5.5B with backings from NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures, and Cisco, making Gomez one of the most respected founders in global enterprise technology.
"Enterprise AI isn't about consumer hype; it is about security, verifiable accuracy, and private data sovereignty."
— Aidan Gomez, Cohere
Focusing on enterprise privacy and specialized workflows creates a resilient, high-margin enterprise software business.
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