Much excitement over the summer at a Cohere party when Mayor Olivia Chow showed up. For many in the tech crowd, she was the hottest woman they had seen in months. You're probably wondering: was she there to spy on behalf of DeepSeek or because she is co-founder Ivan Zhang's mom? Firstly, that is super racist. Secondly, those two things are not mutually exclusive, Chinese moms are tough.
Sorry, I was doing the weave. But speaking of moms, Cohere CEO and Chief Lobbyist Aidan Gomez's mom is British. He has confirmed publicly multiple times that he lives in the UK. Surrounding Cohere's acquisition of German AI startup Aleph Alpha, MP Raquel Dancho asked a Cohere AI scientist if they plan to remain Canadian-controlled. Well, if the CEO is based in London, in a meaningful way, control is outside of the country already. Here's Aidan Gomez confirming Cohere's UK ties in a since-deleted tweet: