The Interview: Cohere CEO on why democracies need sovereign AI

Podcast: Times Tech · The Sunday Times

Opublikowano: 2026-09-05

Welcome to The Interview from Times Tech – our conversation with the people shaping the future of technology. This week, Katie speaks to Aidan Gomez, co-founder and CEO of Cohere, one of the few companies building large language models outside of the US and China. Born in Canada, Aidan is acutely aware of where artificial intelligence is built, who controls it and why it matters. He argues that sovereign AI is becoming essential to democracies as technology becomes a source of economic, cultural and geopolitical power. He reflects on his remarkable life...