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open source
2026-06-17
After Anthropic's ban, frames the company's purpose: access to the best AI outside centralised control by states or corporations.
«We exist so everyone gets access to the best AI, outside centralised control by states or corporations.»
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compute
2026-05-28
Mistral is exploring its own chips but for now relies on Nvidia; owning silicon should come in time.
«Owning the chips may come... but for now we are relying on Nvidia, a great partner.»
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regulation
2026-05-12 ~
↺ standpunt gewijzigd
By 2026 more critical of regulation than in 2024: says it favours the big players.
«Regulation favours the big players.»
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china us
2026-05-12 ~
At the National Assembly hearing: combining AI and power gives Europe sustainable market share, else it becomes a vassal state.
«If we combine AI and electrical capacity we can regain a sustainable market share. Otherwise, we become a vassal state.»
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china us
2026-02-19
At the summit warns Europe is at risk from excessive concentration of AI power in a few companies.
«We are at risk today. We are facing too much concentration of power in AI.»
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agi timeline
2025-06-10
At London Tech Week calls reaching AGI a marketing move; measures progress by agent autonomy length.
«We move from AI to AGI at some point, but that's a marketing move.»
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china us
2025-02-16
Welcomes China's DeepSeek as a win for open AI, calling it the 'Mistral of China'.
«We like to think of DeepSeek as the Mistral of China»
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products
2025-01-21
At Davos rejects a takeover: Mistral is not for sale, independence is a core value.
«We left big US tech to create a company in Europe... the independence we value dearly.»
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regulation
2024-06-01 ~
In 2024 judges the EU AI Act quite workable; the constraints are ones Mistral already meets.
«the AI Act is very workable... the constraints are ones we already meet»
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open source
2024-06-01 ~
States he sees no risk in open-sourcing models, only benefits.
«I don't see any risk associated with open sourcing models. I only see benefits.»
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agi timeline
2024-04-12
Sharply rejects AGI rhetoric as quasi-religious; as an atheist he believes in neither God nor AGI.
«The whole AGI rhetoric is about creating God. I'm a strong atheist. So I don't believe in AGI.»
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open source
2024-03-12
Responding to criticism after the Microsoft deal, insists commerce funds research and open models continue.
«Commercial activity will finance the research to develop new models. We will continue on both tracks.»
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open source
2023-12-11
At Series A close, frames Mistral's mission as a European champion built on open, responsible, decentralised AI.
«a European champion... based on an open, responsible and decentralised approach»
