Cohere describes Command A+ as an open-weight mixture-of-experts model for private enterprise reasoning, retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis. Its Apache 2.0 licence differs from the non-commercial licence on North-Small-Translate weights.
Technical detail
Core features
218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, according to Cohere
48 languages and multimodal document inputs
Vendor minimum deployment: two H100 GPUs or one B200
Private cloud, on-premises and air-gapped deployment options
Language models
Mixture of experts
Private AI
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Retrieval-augmented enterprise knowledge systems
Document analysis and SQL assistance
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Released May 20, 2026; vendor-reported deployment and performance claims
Commercial availability
Apache 2.0 open weights; infrastructure and application validation remain the operator’s responsibility
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 1 linked record
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · summary
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · core features
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · core features
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · name
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · slug
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · core features
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
Supports: Capability · core features
Cohere released Command A+ on May 20, 2026 as an Apache 2.0 open-weight mixture-of-experts model. Cohere reports 218 billion total and 24 billion active parameters, 48 languages and deployment on two H100s or one B200. It targets retrieval-augmented generation, SQL and document analysis in private cloud, on-premises or air-gapped environments; these deployment and performance statements are vendor claims.
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