As part of a strategic partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI, the French developer's AI models will be available on the Microsoft Azure platform
Microsoft invested 15 million euros (16.3 million US dollars) in startup Mistral AI. As part of the partnership, the French developer's AI models will become available to users of the Microsoft Azure platform.
According to Bloomberg, the European Union's antitrust authority has become interested in the deal. The investigation has not yet been launched, but it is important to note that EU and UK regulators are already studying Microsoft's $13 billion deal with Californian startup OpenAI.
It is possible that as soon as the European The regulator will receive copies of agreements between Mistral AI and Microsoft, and a full-fledged investigation will be initiated, which could interfere with the deal.
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