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Nick Frosst

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Nick Frosst
Nick Frosst in 2025
Born (1993-01-05) January 5, 1993 (age 33)
EducationUniversity of Toronto (B.S.)
Occupations
  • Computer scientist
  • Musician
Known for
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsGoogle Brain
Academic advisors
Geoffrey Hinton
Musical career
GenresIndie rock
InstrumentVocals
Years active2015–present
Member ofGood Kid
Websitenickfrosst.com

Nicholas M. W. Frosst is a Canadian computer scientist and musician. He co-founded Cohere, a Toronto-based artificial intelligence company. He is also the lead singer in the indie rock band Good Kid.[1][2]

Early life and education

Frosst was born on January 5, 1993.[3][4] Frosst earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and cognitive science from the University of Toronto in 2015.[5] He was a student of Geoffrey Hinton, who also hired Frosst at Google Brain.[6][7][8]

Career

Frosst was among Geoffrey Hinton's earliest hires at Google Brain in Toronto, working as a machine learning researcher on deep learning and neural network architectures. He worked there from 2016 to 2020.[7]

Frosst co-founded Cohere with Aidan Gomez and Ivan Zhang in 2019.[9] The company builds large language models and enterprise AI tools.

Frosst has publicly explained Cohere's focus on industries like finance and health, where there are privacy and other regulatory considerations.[10] Frosst has also spoken openly about his belief that artificial intelligence will not replace humans, but rather streamline and automate mundane tasks, and his belief that AGI is less "imminent" than many in the field claim.[11][12]

Frosst and the other Cohere co-founders were listed first on Maclean's AI Trailblazers Power List[13] and The Logic's Innovation Leaders.[14]

Music

Main article: Good Kid
Frosst (left) with bassist Michael Kozakov during a Good Kid performance in 2023.

After spending time in a prior band which played "weird" music featuring a glockenspiel,[15] Frosst and fellow computer science students at the University of Toronto formed the indie rock band Good Kid in 2015. Frosst is the lead vocalist for the band.[1] While on tour with the band, Frosst continues his work in the tech industry remotely.[1][16] Frosst has described the band as way for him to relax and not constantly think about tech.[16] His vocals have been compared to that of Kele Okereke.[1]

As of 2026, the band, which has performed at Lollapalooza, has 3.1 million monthly Spotify listeners.[1]

In 2024, the band was nominated for the Juno Awards Breakthrough Group of the Year.[17]

Discography

Main article: Good Kid § Discography

Good Kid

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Szkutak, Rebecca (15 September 2024). "AI Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst's indie band, Good Kid, is almost as successful as his AI company". TechCrunch.
  2. ^ Taveras, Moises (29 October 2021). "Meet Good Kid, the Programmers-Turned-Indie Rock Band Defining Twitch's Sound". Endless Mode.
  3. ^ Good Kid [@goodkidband]; (January 5, 2026). "Happy Birthday Nicholas Piccolas Frosst!!!!" – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "Hurun Canada Under30s 2023". Hurun UK. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  5. ^ "Nick Frosst". Inovia. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  6. ^ Szkutak, Rebecca; Dominic-Madori, Davis (6 August 2024). "Nearly a decade before co-founding Cohere, Nick Frosst thought he was late to AI". Tech Crunch.
  7. ^ a b McLauchlan, Madison (25 June 2025). "Geoffrey Hinton says AI companies resistant to "regulations with teeth" in lively debate with Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst". Betakit.
  8. ^ Deschamps, Tara (9 October 2024). "Canadian AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton 'flabbergasted' after winning Nobel Prize". Canadian Press.
  9. ^ Varanasi, Lakshmi. "AI agents are here. Here's how AI startup Cohere is deploying them for consultants and other businesses". Business Insider.
  10. ^ Field, Hayden (9 January 2025). "Cohere co-founder sees big AI opportunity in enterprise, happy to stay out of ChatGPT's way". CNBC.
  11. ^ Balakrishnan, Anita (28 October 2024). "Cohere's Nick Frosst says it's time to stop chasing artificial general intelligence". The Logic.
  12. ^ Heikkilä, Melissa (18 June 2025). "Why Big Tech cannot agree on artificial general intelligence". Financial Times.
  13. ^ Watson, H.G. (16 March 2023). "The Power List: Ivan Zhang, Aidan Gomez & Nick Frosst are creating a smarter, friendlier chatbot". Maclean's.
  14. ^ Leck, Sebastian (27 December 2024). "Cohere co-founders are The Logic readers' innovation leaders of 2024". The Logic.
  15. ^ Gormely, Ian. "Good Kid Create a Universe of Lore: "Someone Is Going to Find It All Eventually"". Exclaim!. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  16. ^ a b Friend, David (14 July 2024). "As musicians and computer programmers, rock band Good Kid wants it all". The Canadian Press. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  17. ^ Johnston-Wheeler, Emma (30 April 2024). "Meet Good Kid: The New Golden Boys Of Indie Rock". Range.

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