Bell Cyber and Cohere deploy sovereign AI for Canadian cybersecurity operations

Domain-specific cybersecurity model built using Cohere's secure enterprise AI technology and Bell Cyber expertise is running in Canada on Bell AI Fabric

TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2026 /CNW/ -- Bell Canada (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) and Cohere, the world's leading sovereign AI company, today announced the deployment of a domain-specific cybersecurity AI model within Bell Cyber's security operations at the Bell Cybersecurity Summit in Toronto. Built using Cohere's secure enterprise AI technology and Bell Cyber's cybersecurity data and expertise, the large language model (LLM) is designed to accelerate threat investigations and equip analysts with more relevant, consistent analysis.

This customized model is trained for cybersecurity use cases using Bell Cyber data and operational knowledge and is being integrated into Bell Cyber's Autonomous Security Operations Centre (ASOC). It is designed to analyze and summarize complex security information, surface the context most relevant to an investigation, and support standardized investigative workflows. This reduces the time analysts spend gathering and interpreting information, allowing them to focus on validating threats, determining impact and directing the response.

The model is now running in production on Bell AI Fabric infrastructure, with AI processing and sensitive security information remaining within a Canadian-hosted environment. This architecture gives Bell Cyber greater control over the model, data and operations supporting the service, adding a sovereign AI capability to its ASOC for Canadian businesses and public sector organizations. The deployment also marks the first customer-facing solution developed through Bell and Cohere's strategic AI collaboration.

Canadian AI, cybersecurity expertise and infrastructure

Security operations teams must assess large volumes of alerts and data from across endpoints, identities, networks and cloud environments. Bell Cyber's ASOC uses AI and automation to detect, triage and contain threats at machine speed. The new model extends that capability by applying enterprise AI grounded in Bell Cyber's domain knowledge to the language, evidence and workflows used in investigations, while keeping analysts in control of consequential decisions.

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"AI is changing both the scale of cyber risk and the tools available to defenders. By grounding Cohere's enterprise AI technology in Bell Cyber's data, workflows and operational expertise, we have developed a model purpose-built to support cybersecurity investigations. It can help analysts move from alert to informed action faster and more consistently, while Canadian-hosted processing gives us greater control over sensitive security information and keeps human expertise at the centre of critical decisions."

- John Menezes, President and CEO, Bell Cyber

"Cohere builds secure enterprise AI solutions tailored to each organization's data, workflows, and operating requirements. This collaboration applies that approach to cybersecurity--combining Cohere's technology and globally recognized model customization capabilities with Bell Cyber's domain expertise and Bell AI Fabric's Canadian infrastructure to create a specialized capability for one of the most demanding enterprise environments."    

- Michael Pelosi, Country Manager, Canada, Cohere

"Bell and Cohere have built a strong partnership around a shared ambition for Canadian AI.  This new capability represents the first customer-facing solution to emerge from that collaboration, combining Cohere's secure, enterprise AI technology with Bell Cyber's operational expertise and Bell AI Fabric's Canadian infrastructure to create a purpose-built cybersecurity capability. It's a practical example of how Canadian innovation, expertise and infrastructure can come together to help Canadian organizations better defend against evolving cyber threats."

- John Watson, Group President, Business Markets, Bell Cyber, AI Fabric and Ateko

About Bell

Bell is Canada's largest communications company¹, leading the way in advanced fibre and wireless networks, enterprise services and digital media. By delivering next-generation technology that leverages cloud-based and AI-driven solutions, we're keeping customers connected, informed and entertained while enabling businesses to compete on the world stage. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.

¹ Based on total revenue and total combined customer connections.

About Cohere

Cohere, founded in 2019, is the world's leading sovereign AI company building foundation models and end-to-end AI products to solve real-world business problems. We partner with organizations to deliver seamless integration, deep customization, and user-friendly solutions. Our all-in-one platform provides maximum security, privacy, and deployment flexibility across clouds, private on-premises environments, and even fully air-gapped settings. Headquartered globally in Toronto, San Francisco, and Germany, Cohere operates additional offices in London, New York, Montreal, Paris, and Seoul, serving customers worldwide.

The company has raised ~$1.6BUSD from strategic tech investors (Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Oracle, Cisco), institutional investors (Radical Ventures, Inovia Capital, PSP Investments, HOOPP, BDC, Nexxus), and AI pioneers including Geoffrey Hinton, Fei-Fei Li, Pieter Abbeel, and Raquel Urtasun. For more information, visit cohere.com.

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