Cohere Inc. CEO Aidan Gomez has dismissed worries about an excess of AI computing capacity, emphasizing that his company is locked in a daily battle to secure the necessary resources. The Canadian AI startup, backed by Nvidia Corp., relies heavily on external cloud providers to power its operations, as it lacks its own data centers.
The shortage of compute, the vast computational power required to train and run AI models, has become a significant challenge for Cohere. Despite industry concerns about overbuilding, Gomez insists that the demand for AI computing remains high, with shortages persisting.
Cohere depends on major cloud providers like Microsoft Corp.’s Azure, as well as emerging players known as neocloud providers, such as CoreWeave Inc. This reliance on external infrastructure highlights the competitive landscape for AI computing resources.