Cohere Command Models

Retrieval‑optimized models for enterprise RAG, search, QA and agent workflows.

Latest: Command A+

Command A+ (May 2026) is Cohere's fastest and most powerful model to date — a 218B-parameter (25B active) MoE model released fully open-source under Apache 2.0, built for sovereign, privately deployable enterprise agentic AI on as little as two H100 GPUs.

Strengths

  • RAG quality and grounding
  • Open-source, sovereign deployment
  • Multimodal + 48 languages

Best For

  • Search and QA assistants
  • Regulated/private enterprise deployments
  • Retrieval‑heavy agent workflows

Model Lineup

Command A+

Latest open-source flagship MoE model.

Command A

Predecessor enterprise workhorse, strong at tool use, agents, and RAG.

Command R+

Legacy retrieval-optimized tier, still supported for existing integrations.

Practical Guidance

  • Store citations and sources with RAG responses for auditability.
  • Use domain trust lists to improve retrieval relevance.
  • Define tool schemas for deterministic agent steps.