估值55亿美元，英伟达投资的Cohere加码亚太市场

Group 1 - Cohere, an AI startup valued at $5.5 billion, plans to establish an Asia-Pacific hub in Seoul, South Korea, to expand its operations in the region [2] - The company has appointed Andrew Chang as Vice President for the Asia-Pacific region to oversee the Seoul office and drive regional expansion [2] - Cohere has raised a total of $970 million in funding from investors including Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, Salesforce, Cisco, and others, with the latest funding round being a $500 million Series D completed in July 2024 [2] Group 2 - Cohere focuses on developing large language models tailored for enterprises, particularly in regulated industries that handle sensitive data, such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, and government [5] - The company collaborates with LG CNS to develop customized AI models with advanced Korean language processing capabilities, integrating with Cohere's AI agent, North [5][6] - A significant project includes the development of a large language model with 111 billion parameters that supports 23 languages, including Korean, Japanese, and Chinese, which can operate within enterprise data centers [5] Group 3 - The decision to open an office in South Korea aligns with the new president's commitment to invest 100 trillion won (approximately $72 billion) in AI infrastructure and technology development [6]