I'd really like to see more conversation around Mistral's models. It's good to see Europe developing AI.
I'm from nor cal but always liked Mistral.
Mistral 7b is still one of the best free/open models you can run locally on a MacBook. So fast too.
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The problem is that their performance is too far away from the latest generation of Asian models.
They had kept up in the mid-range a few years ago. But this standing is sadly long gone.
If you need a fast Opensource'ed LLMs you can go for EU-hosted DeepSeek or Qwen.