Interview

September 18, 2025

Cohere CEO on competing in Europe: ‘We’re happy to pay extremely high salaries’

The US and Canada-based startup just announced a new office in Paris as it looks to expand across Europe


Cohere cofounder Aidan Gomez

Aidan Gomez, the cofounder of Canada and US-based startup Cohere, greets me in Paris in traditional tech CEO gear — gold earrings, all-black sweatshirt-and-loose-trousers combo styled with a pair of Salomons.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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