Cohere unveils North 2 with redesigned orchestration for enterprise agents

01 What happened

Cohere has announced North 2, an update to its enterprise AI-agent platform with a redesigned orchestration system and new tools for managing resource use.

02 Key details

• Cohere says the redesigned orchestration system is intended to support more sophisticated, reliable, multi-step automations and agents.
• North supports Cohere models as well as models selected by enterprises. Deployment options include cloud, self-hosted, VPC, hybrid, on-premises and fully air-gapped environments.
• New connectors include Slack, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Jira, Linear, Notion and GitHub. Financial data providers, including PitchBook and FactSet, are planned, not listed as shipped.
• North Admin’s Flow control feature lets administrators set consumption tiers for users and groups based on request and token rates. Cohere directs interested organizations to sales to book a demo.

03 Why it matters

Model choice, deployment options and consumption controls may matter to organizations assessing agent platforms against their security and cost-management requirements.

04 Who it matters to

Enterprise AI customers, infrastructure engineers, information security specialists and enterprise AI service administrators.