The Toronto-headquartered firm said it plans to work with Spanish defence champion Indra Group’s tech division on AI deployment for businesses, and on tools for multinational military operations. Cohere and Montreal’s Coveo also announced non-binding agreements with Spanish startup Multiverse Computing. And AI Minister Evan Solomon signed a deal with visiting Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo to co-operate on AI adoption, compute and safety. (The Logic)

Talking point: The bilateral agreement is the latest in a series Canada has recently forged with European nations, as Prime Minister Mark Carney tries to assemble a middle power alliance as an alternative to the U.S. Such countries need to “partner together to get scale,” Solomon said. Cohere has been along for the ride, with its recent deal for Aleph Alpha cited as representative of Ottawa and Berlin’s digital alliance. “Almost everyone depends on one country for all technology, and that has to change,” CEO Aidan Gomez said at the announcement Wednesday. He called for governments to offer the private sector incentives and guidance to “prioritize sovereignty.” Meanwhile, Cohere released and open-sourced a new model, Command A+, which it described as its most advanced yet.

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