Cohere Releases Command A+ Open-Source MoE Model

Cohere has released Command A+, an open-source language model featuring a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture. [1] The model is licensed under Apache 2.0 and is available for download on Hugging Face or deployment via Cohere's Model Vault. [1] Command A+ is designed for complex reasoning, as well as multimodal and multilingual agentic tasks. [1]

The model contains 218 billion total parameters, with 25 billion active parameters. [1] It supports a 128K input context window, a 64K maximum generation length, and 48 languages. [1] Command A+ accepts text, image, and tool use inputs, and can run on a minimum hardware setup of one B200 GPU or two H100 GPUs. [1]

By releasing a 218B MoE model under an Apache 2.0 license, Cohere provides a privately deployable alternative for enterprises needing multilingual and multimodal agentic capabilities. The ability to run on just two H100 GPUs positions Command A+ as an accessible option for organizations prioritizing data sovereignty with minimal compute overhead. The model consolidates features from previous generations of the Command series and builds on Cohere's work with its North enterprise workspace. What the sources don't address: How Command A+ performs on standardized industry benchmarks compared to other open-source MoE models.