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Aidan Gomez , the conscientious objector - founder and CEO of generative AI inauguration Cohere , has connect the board of EV maker Rivian , according to a regulatory filing . The appointee is the previous sign that Rivian sees promises in use AI to its own venture while positioning itself as a software loss leader — and even provider — within the automotive industry .
Rivian increase the sizing of the board and elected Gomez , whose term will conk in 2026 , according to the filing .
Gomez has had a long career as a data scientist and AI expert . He launched Cohere in 2019 with co - founder Nick Frosst and Ivan Zhang with a stress on training AI foundation garment models for endeavor . The generative AI inauguration sells its services to companies such as Oracle and Notion .
Prior to starting Cohere , Gomez was a research worker at Google Brain , the deep learning sectionalization at Google led by Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton . Gomez is also bang for “ Attention Is All You Need , ” a 2017 technical paper he co - authored that laid the basis for many of the most capable generative AI simulation today .
Gomez ’s acquisition set could be particularly utilitarian for Rivian as the EV maker navigates a new$5.8 billion joint venturewith Volkswagen Group to develop software . Under the joint venture , Rivian will share its electrical architecture expertise with Volkswagen Group — including its many firebrand — and is look to certify existing intellectual property right to the joint venture .
It ’s potential the joint speculation will trade its tech to other companionship in the future .
Rivian has also been put to work on an AI assistant for its eV since 2023 , Rivian ’s principal computer software officer , Wassym Bensaid , tell TechCrunch during an audience in March . The AI work , which is specifically on the instrumentation layer or framework for an AI assistant , sits outside the joint speculation with VW , Bensaid mentioned at the time .
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Gomez ’s expertise in AI and as a datum scientist is clearly attractive to Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe , whonoted in a statement that his “ thinking and expertness will support Rivian as we desegregate raw , cutting - border technologies into our products , services , and fabrication . ”
