To do what exactly? They have been nothing but EU funds leech and corporiders.
Every single model is (and always was) behind anything from China.
I wish Europe could find one company that can put us on the map but Mistral’s not it. They have repeatedly shown that extra funding doesn’t magically transfer to better models.
> Every single model is (and always was) behind anything from China.
My guess is, that Mistral plays fair and doesn't try to extract data from US models, while Chinese companies are not.