Cohere’s latest $500M raise at a $6.8B valuation in an oversubscribed round led by Radical Ventures and Inovia Capital. Named Joelle Pineau as its first chief A.I. officer and Francois Chadwick as chief financial officer. Pineau previously led Meta’s Fundamental A.I. Research (FAIR) team and holds positions at McGill University and the Mila Quebec A.I. Institute. Chadwick has held senior roles at Uber, KPMG and Shield AI.