Cohere retires embed v2.0 models, Aya Expanse 8B and Aya Vision 8B

Retirement notice

Effective April 4, 2026, the following models are no longer available. Requests using these model IDs will fail.

Retired models:

• embed-english-v2.0
• embed-english-light-v2.0
• embed-multilingual-v2.0
• c4ai-aya-expanse-8b
• c4ai-aya-vision-8b

We recommend these replacements:

Embedding tasks

• embed-english-v3.0
• embed-multilingual-v3.0
• embed-v4.0

Chat tasks

• command-r7b-12-2024
• command-a-03-2025
• command-a-reasoning-08-2025

For the full announcement and lifecycle context, see the Deprecations page. For questions or assistance, contact support@cohere.com.