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How Mistral Built a $14 Billion AI Company by Offering a Non-American Alternative

Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. That didn’t work out. But it turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it…

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