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Nick Frosst - Co-founder of Cohere and AI Researcher

By Kamal Kashyap • Jul 02, 2026
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Nick Frosst is a Canadian computer scientist and musician. He worked at Google Brain under Geoffrey Hinton and co-founded Cohere.

Introduction

Nick Frosst is a Canadian AI researcher and software developer. He is a co-founder of the Toronto-based natural language processing firm Cohere.

Google Brain

Frosst studied computer science at the University of Toronto, working closely with deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton. He subsequently joined Google Brain, researching Capsule Networks (CapsNet) and computer vision architectures.

Cohere and Music

In 2019, Frosst co-founded Cohere with Aidan Gomez and Ivan Zhang to build developer-friendly NLP tools. Alongside AI, Frosst is an active musician, playing in Toronto-based indie bands.

Nick Frosst
Nick Frosst
Nick Frosst
Company Cohere
Country Canada
Born October 08, 1993 (age 32)
Toronto, Canada
Education University of Toronto (supervised by Geoffrey Hinton)
Notable work Cohere, CapsNet (Capsule Networks)
Title Co-founder of Cohere

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