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[โ€“] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 22 points 3 weeks ago

Buy European

Apple may acquire Mistral AI, a French startup

That's not the "buying" we should want.

Please donโ€™t.

[โ€“] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately, thatโ€™s the fate of all successful EU tech startups it seems. They either die or get gobbeld up by US giants.

Currently waiting for eMag to attempt to sell to Amazon, tbh. Would fucking hate it if they did (although they're expensive anyway), but I somehow get the feeling that'll be the ultimate trajectory. Hope I'm wrong.

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

it would basically kick the EU out of the AI race, I really hope not!!

[โ€“] drmoose@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah new Mistral is actually really good and I hope they get the space to continue be competitive. I've just switched from openai to mitral as my main llm.

[โ€“] Anonymaus@feddit.org 11 points 3 weeks ago

So much for european autonomy

[โ€“] krimson@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

This is why we can't have nice things.

Please do the right thing, Mistral.