Cohere Inc. is an active federal corporation (corporation number 11606786). Its business number is 773273073. It was incorporated on Sep 5, 2019 under the Canada Business Corporations Act and its registered office is in Toronto, Ontario. Its annual returns are up to date, most recently for 2026. It has seven directors on record.
Corporate details
- Corporation number
- 11606786
- Business number
- 773273073
- Status
- Active
- Governing law
- Canada Business Corporations Act
- Incorporated
- Sep 5, 2019
- Corporation type
- Non-distributing corporation with more than 50 shareholdersAs declared in its 2026 annual return.
- Registered office
- 171 John St., Suite 200
Toronto ON M5T 1X3 - Number of directors
- At least 1, at most 10As the articles allow.
Annual filings
- Anniversary date
- Sep 5The date of incorporation, amalgamation or continuance.
- Annual filing period
- Sep 5 to Nov 4 each year
- Last annual meeting
- Aug 11, 2025
| Year | Annual return | Annual meeting |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Filed | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 2024 | Filed | Jun 14, 2024 |
The last annual return filed, and each year since.
Directors
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Federal grants and contributions
One agreement since 2025, worth $240,000,000 in all.
| Department | Program | Value | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Advancing state-of-the-art Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) Models with Compute Infrastructure and Annotator Workforce for Large Language Model (LLM) Training and Deployment. | $240,000,000 | Mar 10, 2025 |
As each federal department publishes them (proactive disclosure). A value is the agreement's total as last amended; the money may be paid over several years. Search every federal grant.
Federal contracts
3 contracts since 2025, worth $2,644,200 in all.
| Department | What for | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shared Services Canada | License/Maintenance fees for Application Software (including COTS) and Application Development and Delivery SoftwareNon-competitive | $1,356,000 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Application software (including COTS) and application development and delivery softwareNon-competitive | $949,200 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Shared Services Canada | License/Maintenance fees for Application Software (including COTS) and Application Development and Delivery SoftwareNon-competitive | $339,000 | Nov 6, 2025 |
Contracts over $10,000, as each federal department publishes them. A value is the contract's total as last amended, taxes included. Shown here because the supplier's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. Search every federal contract. Not this company? Tell us.
Lobbying the federal government
Registered to lobby the federal government now, and first registered in 2024.
- Registrations
- 5Each consultant hired, and its own in-house registration, is a registration of its own.
- Who lobbies
- Its own employees
Consultants, including HWY1 Ventures Inc., Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP - Subjects
- Economic Development, Government Procurement, Industry, Intellectual Property, International Relations, International Trade, Privacy and Access to Information, Research and Development, Science and Technology
- Institutions lobbied
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Canada Development Investment Corporation (CDEV), Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC)The ten named most often.
In its latest registration, in its own words
- Immigration policy and programs as they relate to attracting and retaining high skilled global talent to Canada.
- Discussions regarding digital policy and legislation, including as it relates to artificial intelligence (AI) and data protection, privacy and reduction of online harms.
- AI adoption including updating procurement policies.
From the Registry of Lobbyists (Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying), which lists the client as “Cohere Inc.”. Shown here because the client's name is this corporation's exact name, and its postal area matches this corporation's registered office. The names of lobbyists and of the officials they met are left out. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement – Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Not this company? Tell us.
Names
| Name | Form | In use since |
|---|---|---|
| Cohere Inc. | Name | Jan 27, 2020 |
Filings and certificates
| What | Date |
|---|---|
| Articles amended | May 15, 2026 |
| Incorporated | Sep 5, 2019 |
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