# Aleph Alpha — Cohere and Aleph Alpha Sign Agreement to Become the First Transatlantic Sovereign AI Solution

- Company: Aleph Alpha (aleph-alpha.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-16
- Category: partnership-acquisition
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://aleph-alpha.com/en/news/cohere-agreement-transatlantic-sovereign-ai
- Record: https://forck.live/items/16856-cohere-and-aleph-alpha-sign-agreement-to-become-the-first-transatlantic
- Subject: Kolibri / PhariaAI

Cohere and Aleph Alpha signed a definitive business combination agreement to create the first transatlantic sovereign AI solution. The combined company will operate globally as Cohere, with dual headquarters in Berlin and Toronto, and will keep Aleph Alpha's Heidelberg office as a research center. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close later this year.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://aleph-alpha.com/en/news/cohere-agreement-transatlantic-sovereign-ai:

> Cohere and Aleph Alpha, two established providers of secure, sovereign AI for governments and highly regulated industries, today announced the signing of a definitive business combination agreement, following the announcement of the planned combination in April of this year. Operating globally as Cohere, the unified company will effectively create the first transatlantic sovereign AI solution.

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