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# Canada's Cohere agrees to acquire Germany's Aleph Alpha, Schwarz invests EUR 500 million
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-04-24-cohere-acquires-aleph-alpha/
- Published: 2026-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:50:40.000Z
- Description: Canada's Cohere agreed to acquire Germany's Aleph Alpha, with Germany's Schwarz Group investing EUR 500 million into Cohere's Series E; the deal needs shareholder and regulatory approval and leaves Cohere as majority owner.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [Cohere newsroom, 24 April 2026](https://cohere.com/blog/cohere-alephalpha-join-forces?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish final ownership shares or that shareholder and antitrust approvals will be granted.

**How this item counts.** Towards dependence: it changes who owns. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 2 of 3 (medium), Verified counts in full: weight -4 of 36 possible. own to dependence: DE's Aleph Alpha majority-acquired by Cohere (CA), pending approval. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)