Tracked as a source-level fact for technical comparison.
Source-verified model profile · 1 October 2026
Command A+ 05-2026
Command A+ 05-2026 is an open-weight model from Cohere / Cohere Labs focused on enterprise agents, multilingual reasoning, tool use and vision. This profile separates model facts, license terms, infrastructure feasibility and European data-residency questions.
OPEN WEIGHTSAPACHE 2.0NORTH AMERICAEU SELF-HOSTING POSSIBLE
Direct answer
What is Command A+ 05-2026?
Command A+ 05-2026 is a Command A+ open-weight model published by Cohere / Cohere Labs. The current profile records 218B total, 25b active/token, 128K input of context and Text + vision → text. The recorded license is Apache 2.0.
Its practical focus is enterprise agents, multilingual reasoning, tool use and vision. Treat the exact checkpoint and revision as the deployable entity; quantization and serving layers can materially change memory, throughput and exposed features.
Official model source ↗Provider origin🇨🇦 Canada
RegionNorth America
Parameters218B total
Active compute25B active/token
Context128K input
ModalitiesText + vision → text
LicenseApache 2.0
VerificationSource-verified · 2026-10-01
Architecture & capability
Publisher-documented signals.
Tracked as a source-level fact for technical comparison.
Tracked as a source-level fact for technical comparison.
Tracked as a source-level fact for technical comparison.
Tracked as a source-level fact for technical comparison.
License & commercial use
Separate downloadability from rights.
The recorded license is Apache 2.0. Open weights describe availability of parameters; they do not automatically settle commercial use, redistribution, derivative works, attribution, patent terms or a separate acceptable-use policy.
For production, retain the exact license/revision alongside the deployed checkpoint and confirm whether provider-specific conditions apply.
Technical comparison only — not legal advice.
Deployment
Hardware and runtime reality.
Datacenter / multi-GPU class. Cohere publishes multiple quantizations with hardware-specific guidance.
Cohere publishes downloadable weights and deployment guidance; production serving should follow the exact quantization card.
Context length, batch size, KV cache, quantization, expert routing and multimodal encoders can shift memory and throughput substantially.
EU deployment lens
Provider origin is not data residency.
EU/EEA self-hosting is technically possible when the downloadable weights, runtime and connected services are operated on infrastructure selected by the deployer.
The 🇨🇦 flag describes provider origin: Canada. It does not say where prompts, documents, embeddings, logs, monitoring or backups are processed.
Self-hosting does not itself establish GDPR or AI Act compliance. Map the complete data flow and the organization's legal role.
EU deployment & data-residency guide →FAQ
Common questions.
What is Command A+ 05-2026?
Command A+ 05-2026 is an open-weight model from Cohere / Cohere Labs focused on enterprise agents, multilingual reasoning, tool use and vision.
Can Command A+ 05-2026 be self-hosted?
Yes, the published weights enable independent deployment where the license permits it. Hardware feasibility depends on precision, context and serving topology.
Can Command A+ 05-2026 run in the EU?
Technically yes when the complete inference stack and connected data services are operated on EU/EEA infrastructure.
Can Command A+ 05-2026 be used commercially?
The recorded license is Apache 2.0. Review the exact official terms and any separate use policy before production.
Primary source
Verify the exact checkpoint.
The official model card remains authoritative for revision-specific architecture, files, inference settings and license links.
Cohere / Cohere Labs · official model page ↗