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Microsoft partners with Mistral in second AI deal beyond OpenAI


Microsoft makes another AI investment.

Mistral’s models have typically been open source, but the partnership with Microsoft means the French AI company can now explore more commercial opportunities. Microsoft’s investment comes months after a rocky period for its main AI partner, OpenAI. During all the turmoil, Microsoft managed to get a nonvoting observer seat on the nonprofit board that controls OpenAI, providing the software giant with more visibility into OpenAI’s inner workings but with no voting power on big decisions.

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