Anthropic & Mistral AI

Anthropic: Anthropic is a US tech firm whose models Europe seeks alternatives to, especially after an incident where the US government briefly restricted access to its advanced models for non-American citizens, highlighting the need for sovereign AI.

Mistral AI: Mistral AI is a home-grown AI company in France, backed by its government, serving as an example of European efforts to develop alternatives to US AI providers.

Anthropic: Anthropic has received significant capital from MGX, with MGX co-leading its $30 billion raise in February and participating in its $65 billion Series H in May, bolstering its AI development efforts.

Mistral AI: Mistral AI is involved in a partnership with MGX and France — Bpifrance to expand an AI campus in France, contributing to AI infrastructure.

Mistral AI: Mistral AI, a French AI startup, utilizes Slurm for specific AI training tasks and may face implications from Nvidia's acquisition of SchedMD.