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Report 29 Apr 2026

Expert View: Canada’s Cohere Buys Germany’s Aleph Alpha – The Deal That Undermines The Dream Of A European Approach To AI

Cohere’s planned $20 billion acquisition of Aleph Alpha creates a Canadian-German alliance positioned as a sovereign AI alternative to US and Chinese dominance. While strategically combining Cohere’s enterprise LLM strengths with Aleph Alpha’s recent focus on the orchestration of sovereign AI applications, the deal reflects some imbalances: Cohere will control 90% of shares, highlighting Europe’s weaker scale. Aleph Alpha’s stagnating growth and financial pressures further explain the move. Despite potential benefits in public-sector AI and administrative platforms, challenges remain around true sovereignty, infrastructure, and competitiveness versus leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic. Ultimately, the deal risks reinforcing fragmentation rather than establishing a unified European AI strategy.

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