Cohere North Delivers Private AI Agent Platform to Secure Enterprise Data

Cohere, a Canadian AI firm valued at $5.5 billion, has launched North, a private deployment AI agent platform that enables enterprises to run AI workflows within their own infrastructure. Cohere North addresses key data security concerns by supporting on-premise, hybrid cloud, VPC, and air-gapped private deployments, ensuring sensitive information never leaves corporate firewalls. Under CEO Nick Frosst, North claims minimal hardware requirements, running on as few as two GPUs, and enforces granular access controls, agent autonomy policies, continuous red-teaming, and third-party audits. The platform aligns with GDPR, SOC-2, and ISO 27001 compliance, and has already been piloted by RBC, Dell, LG, Ensemble Health Partners, and Palantir. Beyond secure deployment, North offers chat, search, document creation, and market research capabilities powered by Cohere’s Command and Compass models, and integrates with Gmail, Slack, Salesforce, and MCP servers. These features enable organizations to automate tasks such as customer support, content drafting, and complex analyses without risking data exposure. Cohere North represents a significant step in enterprise AI adoption by combining advanced agent functions with robust privacy controls.