Cohere Chief AI Officer Joëlle Pineau: Most Enterprise Customers Don't Need Frontier Models
tekbog · x · 2026-10-31
Cohere Chief AI Officer Joëlle Pineau argues that many enterprise customers don't want frontier models—they're too expensive and unnecessary for their workloads; a good harness/platform often matters more than peak intelligence. She notes Cohere was founded in 2019 by Transformer co-author Aidan Gomez, chose enterprise over consumer focus (less visibility), and that its Canadian HQ affected early funding. Cohere avoids over-optimizing on benchmarks, aiming for high value-for-money near the frontier. The reposter adds that working closely with businesses confirms costs are too high and many workflows don't need frontier-level intelligence.
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