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Cohere (coherence)

To hold together or form a unified whole.

First in use: the 1600s
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Cohere (AI company)

A Canadian company building large language models for businesses.

First in use: c. 2019

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To hold together became an enterprise AI lab.

Which meaning of Cohere is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Cohere (coherence) came first (the 1600s). Cohere (AI company) arrived in 2019. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · the 1600s

Cohere (coherence)

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