Canada's Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha agree to a merger deal valuing the combined group at ~$20B to work on sovereign AI; both governments support the deal news ft.com

Financial Times: Canada's Cohere and Germany's Aleph Alpha agree to a merger deal valuing the combined group at ~$20B to work on sovereign AI; both governments support the deal  —  Canadian and German start-ups to focus on ‘sovereign’ AI systems independent of US and China  —  Canadian AI start-up Cohere …