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Cohere Opens Asia-Pacific Hub in Seoul to Deploy Korean-Language AI Models

Led by Andrew Chang, the Seoul hub is recruiting local teams, extending research grants to Korean universities for its LG CNS co-developed models, deploying them in South Korea’s diplomatic AI system.

SEONGNAM, SOUTH KOREA - 2025/02/24: General view that shows the Hangang River and buildings between the city's iconic tourist attractions, 123-storey skyscraper Lotte Tower and Namsan Tower, one of Seoul's iconic symbols. (Photo by Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Andrew Chang, formerly Korea country manager at Confluent and an executive at Google, Microsoft and IBM, has been appointed vice president of Asia Pacific to lead Cohere’s Seoul operations.
  • In partnership with LG CNS, Cohere helped build a 111 billion-parameter large language model supporting 23 languages and optimized for Korean enterprise applications.
  • South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs contracted LG CNS and Cohere to develop an AI tool for diplomatic strategy formulation and government service delivery.
  • Cohere differentiates itself from AGI-focused rivals by offering security-first, cloud-agnostic and on-premises AI solutions tailored to regulated industries like finance, healthcare and government.
  • Since its 2019 founding by ex-Google Brain researchers, Cohere has raised nearly $1 billion from investors including Nvidia, AMD and Fujitsu and expanded offices across Toronto, San Francisco, New York, London and Montreal.