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Microsoft seals deal with French AI start-up Mistral

The move comes as Microsoft finds itself under mounting political scrutiny for its deep ties to OpenAI

Microsoft said it has made a small investment in Mistral but declined to say how much. Picture: Getty

Microsoft has struck a deal with French company Mistral AI, a leading competitor of OpenAI.

Mistral announced a “strategic partnership” with Microsoft that will include making the start-up’s latest artificial intelligence models available to customers of Microsoft’s Azure cloud. Mistral develops algorithmic models similar to those from OpenAI used for chatbots and other AI services, but Mistral models are open-source and shared openly.

The move comes as Microsoft finds itself under mounting political scrutiny for ...