OpenText and Cohere Partner to Deliver Trusted Agentic AI for Regulated Sectors — Open Text Corporation

Event summary

OpenText and Cohere announced a strategic partnership on September 16, 2026, to combine OpenText's trusted data and context with Cohere's North platform and models for agentic AI.
The solution is expected to reach clients in early 2027 and is purpose-built for governments and highly regulated industries.
OpenText's data and context layer is already deployed in the world's top 20 federal governments, healthcare systems, financial institutions, insurers, and global supply chains.
Cohere's North platform offers secure, privately deployable agentic AI with deployment flexibility across on-premises, private, public, or sovereign clouds.
The partnership includes product development, integration of Cohere's agentic platform into OpenText Aviator AI agents, and a strategic reseller relationship through SOLEX.

The big picture

This partnership addresses the growing need for trusted, secure AI solutions in highly regulated sectors. By combining OpenText's extensive data management capabilities with Cohere's advanced AI models and orchestration platform, the collaboration aims to provide a robust solution for organizations requiring strict control over data location, security, and deployment. The strategic alliance underscores the increasing importance of sovereign AI and data governance in enterprise AI deployments.

What we're watching

Integration Success: How the integration of Cohere's North platform into OpenText Aviator AI agents will affect the timeline and effectiveness of the solution.
Market Adoption: The pace at which governments and regulated industries will adopt this trusted agentic AI solution.
Competitive Positioning: Whether this partnership will strengthen OpenText and Cohere's competitive positioning in the enterprise AI market.