First Time Founders: Is Cohere the Next AI Powerhouse?

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to First Time Founders. I'm Ed Elson. Artificial intelligence has become one of the most heavily funded sectors in the world. More than 30 startups have raised over $100 million this year alone.

And as AI becomes more embedded in how the world operates, a handful of firms have emerged as the key players behind that transformation. Among them is a company building the kind of AI most people don't see. That is the AI that is powering the systems that run businesses and governments. Founded in 2019 by three former Google engineers, this company has focused squarely on the enterprise market, developing large language models for clients like Dell, SAP, and Salesforce.

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