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Mistral Cements AI Lead In Europe With Cash Infusion

France's Mistral on Tuesday cemented its position as Europe's top AI hope against far larger US and Chinese competitors after a record fundraising round and a tie-up with chipmaking equipment heavweight ASML. The 1.7 billion euro ($2 billion) cash infusion values Mistral at 11.7 billion euros, double its heft last…

International Business Times

ASML Emerges As Largest Shareholder In Nvidia-Backed Mistral AI With $1.5 Billion Investment: Report

The leading Dutch chipmaker, ASML (NASDAQ:ASML), is reportedly set to become the primary shareholder of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA)-backed French AI startup Mistral AI after leading its latest funding round.

Benzinga

Can an AI chatbot of Dr Karl change climate sceptics’ minds? He’s willing to give it a try

The famous science communicator is planning to release a chatbot designed to answer questions about the climate crisis. Can it work?

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Tim Cook Says Apple Is 'Very Open' To AI Acquisitions Amid Mounting Pressure To Catch Up With Google, Meta And Microsoft

On Thursday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook said the company is open to considering artificial intelligence acquisitions.

Benzinga

Brussels AI ambitions risk fuelling Big Tech dominance, watchdog warns

Public support for European AI start-ups could end up strengthening the dominance of US tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, a new report finds.

Euronews

China haunts Bilderberg talks as usual suspects plot world domination

The corporate, political and tech bigwigs meeting in Sweden are worried about an ‘authoritarian axis’ – maybe AI drones will fix things?

The Guardian - US

Even $10 million offers may not fix Meta’s AI talent problem

Zuckerberg is throwing pro-athlete-level salaries at top AI researchers. But for many, prestige, trust, and tribal loyalties matter more.

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Nvidia Just Scored an AI Deal With Mistral. How Should You Play NVDA Stock Here?

Nvidia announced several partnerships with European businesses, including one with Mistral AI on Wednesday. Rosenblatt sees upside in NVDA shares to $200.

Barchart

Mistral AI models '60 times more prone' to generate child sexual exploitation content than OpenAI

Two of Mistral’s multimodal AI models gave "detailed suggestions for ways to create a script to convince a minor to meet in person for sexual activities".

Euronews

The AI unicorns that will soar, stagnate, and fall over the next few years, according to readers

Fortune asked readers to make some predictions about what the next few years will hold for the buzziest companies in AI.

Fortune

There are 372 AI unicorns right now, according to PitchBook. Here’s what that means

Right now, in the tech industry paddock, there are 372 AI unicorns, according to PitchBook.

Fortune

Why going open-source is crucial to ensure competition in AI

Race Capital's Alfred Chuang calls Open vs. closed a fundamental debate about who will control AI's potential as a trillion-dollar industry takes shape.

Fortune

Mistral AI CEO shuts down IPO rumors—and doubles down on its 'open' strategy. Will it be enough?

Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch shuts down IPO rumors, reaffirming the startup’s commitment to open-source AI as it scales up to compete with China’s DeepSeek and global AI giants

Fortune

I matched Mistral AI's new Le Chat app against ChatGPT, and it did surprisingly well

Comparing ChatGPT to Le Chat

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Reid Hoffman, Clem Delangue among tech entrepreneurs and VCs calling for AI 'public goods'

Ten prominent tech CEOs and venture capitalists are calling for the creation of public data sets and incentives to develop "small" AI models.

Radio France Internationale

France's Mistral AI teams up with UAE-backed developers as Le Chat app launches

French AI start-up Mistral has partnered with Cerebras Systems, an artificial intelligence chip firm backed by UAE tech conglomerate G42, to power the launch of its new AI assistant Le Chat, which claims to be the world’s fastest, delivering 1,000 words per second.

Fortune

Mistral boss calls CEOs’ obsession with AI outsmarting humans ‘very religious’

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch thinks the clamor from people like Elon Musk to declare AI as smarter than humans is driven by an apparent God complex.

Radio France Internationale

Europe's tech sector sees silver lining in DeepSeek's AI shake up

China’s DeepSeek AI chatbot may have rattled US tech giants, but in Europe some industry players see a potential advantage.

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DeepSeek dropped an open-source AI bomb—what does it mean for OpenAI and Anthropic?

DeepSeek’s R1 model has rattled the industry and slashed Nvidia’s stock. But for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, there is an ironic twist.

Radio France Internationale

AFP strikes deal for France's Mistral AI to use news articles

The news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI have signed a deal for the start-up's chatbot to use news agency reports to respond to users' requests, executives from the two organisations said on Thursday.

International Business Times

AFP Strikes Deal For France's Mistral AI To Use News Articles

Global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI have signed a deal for the start-up's chatbot to use news agency reports to respond to users' requests, executives from the two organisations said Thursday.

Fortune

A day after raising $500 million, AI startup Cohere told staff it was laying off about 20 employees

On Monday generative AI model startup Cohere celebrated a fresh $500 million in new funding at a $5.5 billion valuation, and on Tuesday company said it was laying off about 20 employees (out of close to 400).

Fortune

The VC behind Mistral, Revolut and Slack just raised $2.3 billion to invest in long-term AI champions: ‘The era of the quick buck mentality is over’

“We think Europe is going to be one of the most important ecosystems for AI,” Index Ventures's Hannah Seal told Fortune.

Fortune

Forget STEM. Paris university head says secret to France’s AI brains is a focus on the humanities

The provost of Bernard Arnault and Mistral founder Arthur Mensch's college wants students to be well-rounded.

Fortune

The riddle of the BeReal deal

It may not exactly be the venture exit of, say, investor Andreessen Horowitz’s dreams. But keep in mind that BeReal’s peak valuation in 2022 was $600 million, which makes this…a pretty good outcome.

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