加拿大：联邦政府向本土企业Cohere投资至多16亿加元
加拿大总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）10月29日在蒙特利尔宣布，联邦政府将通过股权投资方式，向加拿大超级智能（SI）企业Cohere投入至多16亿加元，帮助该公司在加拿大本土发展壮大。这是加拿大为强化本国在超级智能和数字主权领域能力所作的一次重大投资。
这项投资将与英伟达（NVIDIA）、加拿大贝尔（Bell）和德国施瓦茨集团（Schwarz Group）等企业合作伙伴的投资共同推进，并将分阶段实施。作为交换，Cohere承诺壮大加拿大本土业务：到2030年在加拿大新增1000多个技术岗位，到2030年在加拿大算力基础设施上追加超过17亿加元支出，并把公司注册地和总部留在加拿大。
总理办公室说，Cohere于2019年在多伦多创立，专为商业和政府开发安全的超级智能技术，近期与德国安全超级智能实验室Aleph Alpha合并。加拿大政府、企业和公共机构已在使用Cohere的产品。
卡尼说，超级智能是这个时代关键的通用技术，加拿大必须有能力在国内建设这项基础设施；这项投资将让加拿大的政府和企业能用上本国建设、控制、拥有和运营的超级智能技术。Cohere联合创始人兼首席执行官艾丹·戈麦斯（Aidan Gomez）说，这项投资显示加拿大选择在国内培养超级智能能力，而不是把国家能力外包出去。
Canada: Federal Government to Invest Up to $1.6 Billion in Cohere
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in Montréal on October 29 that the federal government will make an equity investment of up to $1.6 billion in Cohere, the Canadian artificial intelligence company, to help it scale up in Canada. The government described it as a major investment in Canada's sovereign AI and digital capability.
The investment will proceed in stages alongside investments from partners including NVIDIA, Bell and the Schwarz Group. In return, Cohere has committed to create at least 1,000 new technical jobs in Canada by 2030, spend more than $1.7 billion additionally on Canadian computing infrastructure by 2030, and remain incorporated and headquartered in Canada.
The Prime Minister's Office said Cohere, founded in Toronto in 2019, builds secure AI for business and government and recently merged with the German secure-AI lab Aleph Alpha. Canadian governments, businesses and public institutions already use its products.
Carney said AI is the defining general-purpose technology of the era and Canada must be able to build the infrastructure at home, so that its governments and businesses can use AI that is built, controlled, owned and operated in Canada. Cohere co-founder and CEO Aidan Gomez said the investment shows Canada is choosing to cultivate AI capability at home rather than outsource the country's capacity.
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