Microsoft strikes 'multibillion-dollar' deal with French AI firm Mistral

satvikpendem wrote: post #4

wuue wrote: post #2

Who cares. They’ve fallen way behind the Chinese.

Europeans who want European sovereign models, most likely.

And Redmond Dwellers who want to sell integrated cloud office solutions to Sovereign Europeans, forever.

Re: Microsoft strikes 'multibillion-dollar' deal with French AI firm Mistral

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Post by paxys » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

AI company -> infrastructure company is the hottest transition these days. Shows clearly that if you're not able to build competitive models then the best return for your investment is to rent out your GPUs to those who are.

Re: Microsoft strikes 'multibillion-dollar' deal with French AI firm Mistral

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC

Also:

Samsung in talks to invest in Mistral at €20B valuation

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49002170

Re: Microsoft strikes 'multibillion-dollar' deal with French AI firm Mistral

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Post by Chyzwar » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC

satvikpendem wrote: post #4

wuue wrote: post #2

Who cares. They’ve fallen way behind the Chinese.

Europeans who want European sovereign models, most likely.

Are you suggesting that European should use third rate models and accept competitive disadvantage?

Re: Microsoft strikes 'multibillion-dollar' deal with French AI firm Mistral

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Post by eithed » Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

Chyzwar wrote: post #9

satvikpendem wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Europeans who want European sovereign models, most likely.

Are you suggesting that European should use third rate models and accept competitive disadvantage?

Are you suggesting that Europeans should continuously use third party models be it American, Chinese or whatever?