If Connect 2025 proved anything, it’s that collaboration is not just a nice-to-have, but a research superpower. In a world where AI problems are increasingly complex and high-stakes, no single researcher or team can tackle them alone. Over three energetic days, Cohere Labs’ open science community met, shared, questioned, and together showed how curiosity, openness, and collective effort can transform ambitious ideas into breakthroughs.

This year’s Connect conference was a celebration of rigorou