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Ivan Zhang - Co-founder of Cohere and Software Engineer

By Kamal Kashyap • Jul 02, 2026
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Ivan Zhang is a Canadian software engineer and entrepreneur. He dropped out of the University of Toronto to co-found Cohere with Aidan Gomez and Nick Frosst.

Introduction

Ivan Zhang is a Canadian technology entrepreneur. He co-founded Cohere, serving as a core systems architect to build enterprise language model infrastructure.

Tech Foundations

Zhang studied computer science at the University of Toronto. During his studies, he collaborated on NLP projects with Aidan Gomez and founded several web development platforms before dropping out to build Cohere.

Engineering Cohere

Zhang drove Cohere's early platform architecture, focusing on training pipelines and low-latency API infrastructure. He continues to manage developer tools and enterprise integration strategies at Cohere.

Ivan Zhang
Ivan Zhang
Ivan Zhang
Company Cohere
Country Canada
Born November 20, 1995 (age 30)
Beijing, China
Education University of Toronto (dropped out)
Notable work Cohere, AI platform architecture
Title Co-founder of Cohere

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