TORONTO — Defense contractor Thales plans to use Cohere's AI as part of its service and support for Canadian naval vessels.
The two companies announced the partnership on the sidelines of the G7 Industry and Digital Ministers' Meeting in Montreal on Monday. The partnership will be conducted as Toronto-based Cohere. push applications in defense and security applications, and i will try To secure more business with the federal government.
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- Kohia wins contract with defense contractor Thales, which will use the Canadian company's AI to support Canadian Armed Forces service ships
- This agreement will enable Thales to meet its obligations to the federal government to generate industrial benefits in Canada and will advance Kohia's defense and security efforts.
Thales is contract It maintains the Canadian Armed Forces' fleet of Arctic patrol vessels, coastal defense vessels, tugs and other auxiliary vessels (over 100 in total) and provides engineering and technical support. Jennifer Taminio, director of media relations for Thales North America, said the company is already leveraging digital technologies such as AI to “optimize fleet support.” He added that the company plans to use Cohere's AI agents to “further enhance operational efficiency and responsiveness.”
Cohere co-founder Ivan Zhang said in a statement that the AI system with Thales will “analyze complex naval environments in real time” and “deliver actionable intelligence at operational speed.” The two companies also plan to jointly research and develop AI agents for other defense applications.
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Zhang said on LinkedIn that he is forming a new team in Toronto to develop “agent capabilities for cybersecurity.” post last month. One report said the public sector team's technical staff will build technology for “mission-critical use cases.” Job information For team members. They also need to be Canadian citizens and ideally have top-secret clearance.
Thales federal sales include: duty Provide “industrial and technological benefits” to Canada. According to the latest report from the federal government, estimatethe Paris-based company fulfilled most of these obligations, but still needed to make up approximately $21.3 million worth of services. Thales plans to use its contract with Kohia to meet its obligations, Tuminio said. The agreement will ensure that “advanced AI technology for defense is developed in Canada, by Canadians, and remains Canadian-owned,” she added.
The Navy's own plans indicate it is looking for technology to help with tasks such as scheduling preventative maintenance, transporting the right parts from storage to where they are needed, and training workers to repair critical systems on different types of ships.
Cohere is already looking into deploying the technology in the marine environment. At an event for federal civil servants this summer, Zhang said his customers were considering installing one of the company's AI servers on ships to process data from sensors detailing parts that need to be replaced. This is safer than sending information back to shore or waiting for analysis until the ship is berthed. “The crew can now talk to the ship because no data is leaving the ship,” he said.
ottawa promised buy Dual-use technologies such as AI and quantum computing are being adopted more by Canadian companies. new Defense Industrial Strategy. as logic When first reported, Cohere was already landed Contract with communications security agency. Also, agreement Work with the federal government to enable agencies to test AI products for their operations.
Coffee too I'm trying The idea is to sell its technology to countries that want to develop sovereign AI capabilities. CEO Aidan Gomez predicted at an event Thursday that other liberal democracies will choose to buy technology from Canada and the United States rather than China.
