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France's €109B AI Bet: Ambition, Mistral, and the Honest Scorecard

France pledged €109B for AI, hosted a landmark Paris summit, and built a champion in Mistral. The honest look at its 'sovereign AI' strategy — what's genuinely working, and where 'stratospheric growth' is still just a slogan.

Lena Fischer · 1h ago · 8 min

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Mistral AI: How Europe's Frontier Lab Went From €6B to €21B+

A French startup barely a year old raised €600M at a $6B valuation — then multiplied it several times over. The honest story of Mistral, Europe's answer to OpenAI, and why its open-model, sovereign-AI bet matters.

Lena Fischer · 1h ago · 8 min