What Cohere Technologies does

Cohere Technologies is a privately-held wireless software company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 2011, that develops spectrum optimization and waveform technology for mobile network operators (MNOs), satellite operators, and government agencies. The company's flagship product, the Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM), is a software-based beamforming solution deployable on Open RAN platforms that transmits two beams simultaneously, delivering 30-50 percent spectral efficiency improvements in live trials without requiring new spectrum acquisition or additional cell site construction. Cohere's second product line, Pulsone Technology (spun out as a wholly-owned subsidiary in October 2025), is built on the proprietary Zak-OTFS waveform and targets Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC), and emerging 6G standards where OFDM waveforms fail under high-mobility and satellite conditions. An add-on module, ECHO (Enhanced Channel Insight with Holographic Observability), generates hundreds of millions of daily channel-observability datasets from USM deployments to feed AI-RAN and digital-twin use cases.

The company operates a direct enterprise field-sales motion targeting tier-1 MNOs, conducting proof-of-concept trials through RAN vendor partners (notably Nokia with Bell Canada) before attempting conversion to commercial contracts. Cohere has run trials with Bell Canada, Deutsche Telekom, and Vodafone (Spain), and reports positive feedback from each, but as of 2026 it has not yet secured a first commercial contract. Revenue is structured as subscription or usage-based software licensing, with a quote-based enterprise model and no publicly disclosed pricing. Pulsone is being positioned for licensing and royalty economics across MNO, satellite, and defense customers, with commercial details to be announced at Mobile World Congress.

Cohere has raised approximately $270 million+ across multiple rounds, including a $46M Series D led by Koch Investments Group in February 2022, undisclosed Bell Ventures funding in 2023, a $15M Vodafone Ventures investment in 2024, and a $270M round in December 2025. Strategic investors include VMware, Juniper Networks, Intel Capital, Telstra Ventures, and Koch. The company is actively pursuing inclusion of OTFS in the 3GPP 6G standard and is a member of O-RAN Alliance, AI-RAN Alliance, Telecom Infra Project, Open Networking Foundation, and Linux Foundation's OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation. Headcount is 51-100 employees, and the company is led by CEO Ray Dolan with founder Shlomo Rakib as CTO and Ronny Hadani as Chief Scientific Officer.

Name

Cohere Technologies

Legal name

Cohere Technologies

Website

https://cohere-technologies.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cohere Technologies is a San Jose-based wireless software company that builds the Universal Spectrum Multiplier beamforming platform and the Pulsone Zak-OTFS waveform, selling to tier-1 mobile network operators and satellite/defense customers to improve spectral efficiency and enable 5G/6G, NTN, and ISAC applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing — Universal Spectrum Multiplier: Cohere Technologies generates revenue by licensing its USM software to mobile network operators. Operators deploy the software on existing Open RAN infrastructure to improve spectral efficiency, avoiding the cost of acquiring additional spectrum or building new cell sites. Revenue is subscription or usage-based depending on network scale and trial-to-commercial conversion. The company has not yet secured its first commercial deal as of 2026, having conducted multiple field trials over approximately four years.
2. Pulsone Technology / Zak-OTFS Licensing: Pulsone Technology, including the Zak-OTFS waveform, is being positioned for licensing to network operators, satellite operators, and government agencies for 5G, NTN, ISAC, and 6G applications. Cohere has conducted talks with satellite operators and government agencies and plans to announce commercial details at Mobile World Congress.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Cohere Technologies develops and licenses wireless software for mobile network operators. Its flagship Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) is a software-only beamforming solution that transmits two beams simultaneously on Open RAN platforms, improving spectral efficiency by 30–50% without new spectrum or cell sites. The company also offers Pulsone Technology, built on its proprietary Zak-OTFS waveform, which enables sensing-plus-communications capabilities for 5G, Non-Terrestrial Networks, Integrated Sensing and Communications, and emerging 6G networks.

Product overview

Cohere Technologies offers a software-based product portfolio centered on spectrum optimization and waveform technology for mobile networks. The core offering is the Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM), a software solution that improves spectral efficiency by transmitting two beams simultaneously on any RAN platform. USM integrates with existing 4G/5G infrastructure from vendors like Nokia and Ericsson without requiring hardware changes. The company has expanded its portfolio with Pulsone Technology, a new waveform based on Zak-OTFS for multi-generation networks (5G through 6G), Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), and Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC). ECHO (Enhanced Channel Insight with Holographic Observability) is a feature module added to USM that provides real-time radio environment observability for the AI-RAN era. Together, these products enable operators to maximize existing spectrum assets, add sensing capabilities to networks, and prepare for 6G standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pulsone: Subsidiary technology brand delivering wireless Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) and Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) solutions powered by Zak-OTFS waveform technology for 5G, 6G, and defense applications.

Products and services

• Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30–50% spectral efficiency improvement in field trials with Bell Canada (Mississauga, Ontario)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bell CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 May 2026Bell Canada has been working with Cohere Technologies to address lowband congestion across its network by deploying USM software in trials conducted in Mississauga, Ontario with Nokia as the RAN vendor. The trial demonstrated 30–50% spectral efficiency improvements. Bell Canada has been conducting field trials with Cohere for approximately four years as of 2026.
• NokiacoreTechnology or IntegrationNokia is Bell Canada's RAN vendor and is the partner through which Cohere's USM software is being trialed on Bell Canada's network. Cohere faces the challenge of gaining broader integration support from major RAN vendors including Nokia and Ericsson.
• NvidiacoreTechnology or IntegrationCohere maintains technology partnerships with Nvidia for Pulsone demonstrations and Neural Receiver technology. Cohere planned to demonstrate Pulsone at Nvidia's GTC conference in March 2026.
• Deutsche TelekomcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeutsche Telekom provided positive feedback on Cohere's beamforming software following field trials, validating the technology's performance in a tier-1 operator environment.
• University of Texas at Austin (6G@UT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCohere Technologies joined The University of Texas at Austin's 6G@UT research center to collaborate on research for space-based broadband communications, NTN, and ISAC using the Zak-OTFS waveform. The partnership includes appointed academic fellows from Duke, IIT Delhi, and Virginia Tech.
• Dr. Rob Calderbank (Duke University)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppointed as Research Faculty Fellow at Cohere Technologies' 6G@UT research center collaboration, contributing to multi-waveform technology research for 5G, 6G, and defense applications.
• Dr. Saif K. Mohammed (IIT Delhi)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppointed as Research Faculty Fellow at Cohere Technologies' 6G@UT research center collaboration, contributing to multi-waveform technology research.
• Dr. Lingjia Liu (Virginia Tech)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppointed as Technical Advisory Board member at Cohere Technologies, collaborating on universal neural receiver for Non-Terrestrial Networks and ISAC.
• O-RAN AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCohere Technologies is a member of the O-RAN Alliance, an industry group working to define open, interoperable specifications for radio access networks.
• AI-RAN AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCohere Technologies is a member of the AI-RAN Alliance, an industry group working on AI-native radio access network solutions.
• Telecom Infra Project (TIP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCohere Technologies is a member of the Telecom Infra Project, an industry group developing open, disaggregated, and standards-based solutions for telecommunications infrastructure.
• Open Networking FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCohere Technologies is a member of the Open Networking Foundation, supporting open networking standards and architectures.
• Linux Foundation OCUDU Ecosystem FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCohere Technologies participates as a founding member of the Linux Foundation's OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, which supports open source RAN development for 5G and early 6G networks.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mavenir: Mavenir is a direct peer: an Open RAN software vendor selling cloud-native 4G/5G core and RAN software to mobile network operators globally. Like Cohere, Mavenir targets tier-1 and tier-2 MNOs with software-defined solutions designed to displace incumbent RAN equipment and lower capex.
• Parallel Wireless: Parallel Wireless is a direct peer providing Open RAN software solutions for 2G/3G/4G/5G networks to mobile operators worldwide. Both companies share the same go-to-market: software-based RAN upgrades targeting MNOs seeking cost-efficient modernization without proprietary hardware lock-in.
• Blue Danube Systems: Blue Danube Systems develops advanced beamforming and massive MIMO radio solutions for mobile operators. It is highly comparable to Cohere's USM dual-beam beamforming approach: both companies use software/hardware innovations to multiply spectral efficiency on existing operator networks.
• JMA Wireless: JMA Wireless is a direct peer providing RAN software and 5G solutions, including Open RAN-compliant radio units and software platforms, sold to MNOs and enterprises. Like Cohere, JMA positions software-defined RAN as an alternative to legacy hardware-centric deployments.
• Airspan Networks: Airspan Networks provides 4G/5G Open RAN radio solutions, including software-driven architecture for MNOs and private networks. Its combination of software-defined RAN and operator-focused GTM makes it directly comparable to Cohere's USM and Open RAN strategy.

Broad incumbents

• InterDigital: InterDigital is a broad incumbent wireless R&D and IP licensing company with deep involvement in 5G and 6G standards. Its waveform research, 3GPP participation, and licensing model closely mirror Cohere's standards-driven approach with Pulsone/Zak-OTFS for 6G.
• Qualcomm: Qualcomm is a broad incumbent dominating wireless technology, including 5G/6G waveform and modem IP. It is highly relevant to Cohere as a competing standards participant with vastly larger R&D resources, shaping the 3GPP decisions that determine whether OTFS gains 6G adoption.

Emerging players

• Federated Wireless: Federated Wireless specializes in spectrum sharing and CBRS spectrum management for operators and enterprises. It overlaps with Cohere's spectrum-efficiency mission and addresses similar MNO pain points around unlocking more capacity from limited spectrum assets.
• Pivotal Commware: Pivotal Commware develops software-defined beamforming antenna technology for 5G mmWave and wireless applications. Its software-driven beamforming approach closely parallels Cohere's USM, though Pivotal focuses on mmWave fixed wireless rather than sub-6 GHz spectral efficiency.
• Phazr: Phazr is an emerging player in 5G mmWave and wireless communications technology, focused on spectrum efficiency and next-generation wireless systems. It is comparable to Cohere as a smaller wireless technology innovator pursuing advanced modulation and antenna approaches for operator customers.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors14 records

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M&A

Investments

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