# Cohere founder

entity: /record/cohere.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/cohere/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-08  
cite: AsOf. "Cohere founder: Aidan N. Gomez", as of 2019-09-05. Claim clm_5FABB017D590, https://asof.is/claim/clm_5FABB017D590, accessed 2026-11-08. Source: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/.  

As of November 8, 2026, Cohere's founders on the AsOf record are Aidan N. Gomez, Ivan Zhang and Nick Frosst, each a claim of its own with its date, from 4 sources in all. The record holds 3 claims on Cohere's founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-08.

- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | founder | Aidan N. Gomez | valid 2019-09-05 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5FABB017D590](/claim/clm_5FABB017D590.md)
  sources: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/, https://commission.aiforgood.itu.int/commissioners/aidan-gomez/, https://observer.com/2024/12/openai-rival-cohere-partner-palantir/
- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | founder | Ivan Zhang | valid 2019-09-05 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_912151CF89D6](/claim/clm_912151CF89D6.md)
  sources: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/, https://cdhowe.org/our-people/ivan-zhang/, https://observer.com/2024/12/openai-rival-cohere-partner-palantir/
- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | founder | Nick Frosst | valid 2019-09-05 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_E52FA6A75B09](/claim/clm_E52FA6A75B09.md)
  sources: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/, https://observer.com/2024/12/openai-rival-cohere-partner-palantir/, https://slator.com/cohere-co-founder-nick-frosst-on-building-the-nlp-platform-of-the-future/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | founder | Aidan N. Gomez | valid 2019-09-05 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_5FABB017D590](/claim/clm_5FABB017D590.md)
  sources: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/, https://commission.aiforgood.itu.int/commissioners/aidan-gomez/, https://observer.com/2024/12/openai-rival-cohere-partner-palantir/
- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | founder | Ivan Zhang | valid 2019-09-05 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_912151CF89D6](/claim/clm_912151CF89D6.md)
  sources: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/, https://cdhowe.org/our-people/ivan-zhang/, https://observer.com/2024/12/openai-rival-cohere-partner-palantir/
- [Cohere](/record/cohere.md) | founder | Nick Frosst | valid 2019-09-05 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_E52FA6A75B09](/claim/clm_E52FA6A75B09.md)
  sources: https://observer.com/2025/04/rivian-board-add-cohere-ceo/, https://observer.com/2024/12/openai-rival-cohere-partner-palantir/, https://slator.com/cohere-co-founder-nick-frosst-on-building-the-nlp-platform-of-the-future/

## Questions this record answers

### Who are Cohere's founders?

Aidan N. Gomez (since September 5, 2019), Ivan Zhang (since September 5, 2019) and Nick Frosst (since September 5, 2019), as the record asserts them on November 8, 2026.


## Read on

- This page: /record/cohere/founder (markdown: /record/cohere/founder.md)
- Entity twin: /record/cohere.md · timeline: /timelines/cohere.md

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