Paris-based GenAI startup Mistral has today announced a strategic distribution partnership with Microsoft, as it launches its new “multilingual flagship model”, Mistral Large.
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February 26, 2024
Microsoft takes stake in French AI startup Mistral to push its multilingual models
Mistral is the second company to strike a distribution deal with Microsoft, meaning the startup’s models will be available on the tech giant’s cloud computing platform Azure
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Tim Smith
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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn
Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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