Joelle Pineau
Joëlle Pineau (born 1974) is a Canadian computer scientist and Professor at McGill University. She is the chief A.I. Officer of Cohere. She was the global vice president of Facebook Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR), now known as AI at Meta, until May 2025. She was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of C… wikipedia →
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pineau departure from meta
- Why Did Joelle Pineau Resign from Meta? - analyticsindiamag.com
- Former Facebook VP champions Canadian digital sovereignty - University Affairs
- Meta Splits AI Division to Speed Up Product Rollouts Amid Talent Exodus - Maginative
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cohere funding and hiring
- Cohere Hires Joelle Pineau to Lead AI Strategy Amid $500M Fundraise - www.thekeyexecutives.com
- Enterprise AI startup Cohere has raised $500 million at a $6.8 billion valuation, led by Radical Ventures, NVIDIA, Salesforce Ventures and others. Alongside the funding, the company announced major leadership hires, with Joelle Pineau, Meta’s former VP of - LinkedIn
- How Did Cohere Raise $500 Million in Funding? - Analytics India Magazine
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cohere product and strategy
- AI beyond the model: a conversation with Joelle Pineau of Cohere - Startupbusiness.it
- Cohere unveils latest AI platform with more agentic features for businesses - The Globe and Mail
- Cohere's Joëlle Pineau on Sovereign AI & Enterprise Security - AI Magazine
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sovereign and canadian ai
- Cohere’s chief AI officer: US and China will hold us ‘by the throat’ if we don’t develop local capabilities - Sifted
- What is Sovereign AI? One in Three Leaders Can’t Explain it - Technology Magazine
- Market Outlook: Canada’s AI strategy must turn ambition into adoption - BNN Bloomberg
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ai safety and governance
- Could artificial intelligence kill us all? - CBC
- MEDIA INVITE - ALL IN 2026: Day 2 with Yoshua Bengio, Aidan Gomez, Joelle Pineau, Louis Têtu, and leaders from Google DeepMind, Mastercard, OpenText, RBC and TELUS - Yahoo Finance
- Joëlle Pineau: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2026 - Time Magazine
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