# Cohere

URL: https://sellmydatatoai.net/data-buyers/cohere
Type: Direct buyer
Website: https://cohere.com/
Checked: November 2026

Cohere is a Canadian developer of enterprise AI models that publishes no data licensing program, prices or terms for companies or publishers. Its research lab released the Aya dataset of 204,114 volunteer-written examples in 65 languages under an Apache 2.0 license. Nine publishers sued Cohere in February 2025, alleging it trained on more than 4,000 of their works without a license.

## Key takeaways

- Cohere is a direct buyer.
- What it buys: Not published. Its Aya dataset was written by volunteers, not bought.
- Who it buys from: Not published. No open program for companies or publishers.
- Cohere does not publish its payout, exclusivity, fee to seller and payment timing.
- Facts checked on Cohere's own pages in November 2026.

## At a glance

- What it buys: Not published. Its Aya dataset was written by volunteers, not bought
- Published payout: Not published
- Who it buys from: Not published. No open program for companies or publishers
- Exclusivity: Not published
- Fee to seller: Not published
- Payment timing: Not published

## How does Cohere source training data?

Cohere does not describe a data buying or licensing program on its public pages. Its best-documented data project is the Aya dataset, published on Hugging Face by Cohere Labs. The dataset card lists 204,114 prompt and completion pairs in 65 languages, written and edited by volunteers on the Aya Annotation Platform between June and December 2023, and released under Apache 2.0.

## What is the publishers' lawsuit against Cohere?

Condé Nast, The Atlantic, Forbes, The Guardian, Insider, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, the Toronto Star and Vox Media sued Cohere in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in February 2025, SiliconANGLE reported. They allege Cohere used more than 4,000 copyrighted works to train its models. Cohere called the suit misguided and frivolous.

Bloomberg Government reported on November 14, 2025 that Judge Colleen McMahon had denied Cohere's motion to dismiss the direct infringement claim as it relates to AI outputs. Our [AI data deals tracker](https://sellmydatatoai.net/ai-data-deals) lists no licensing deal with Cohere as licensee.

## Can your company sell data to Cohere?

Cohere has no published route for selling data, so any approach would be a direct negotiation. Our [licensing agreement checklist](https://sellmydatatoai.net/guides/ai-data-licensing-agreement-checklist) lists the terms to settle before you share samples with any AI developer.

## Sources

- [Aya dataset card](https://huggingface.co/datasets/CohereLabs/aya_dataset), Cohere Labs on Hugging Face, accessed November 2026
- [Major publishers launch copyright lawsuit against AI startup Cohere](https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/13/major-publishers-launch-copyright-lawsuit-ai-startup-cohere/), SiliconANGLE, accessed November 2026
- [Condé Nast copyright lawsuit over Cohere's AI training advances](https://news.bgov.com/ip-law/conde-nast-copyright-lawsuit-over-coheres-ai-training-advances), Bloomberg Government, accessed November 2026

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