MICROSOFT STRIKES DEAL WITH MISTRAL IN PUSH BEYOND OPENAI

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Microsoft recently announced a multiyear partnership with a French AI startup called Mistral. The partnership aims to bring Mistral's AI models to market and involves the companies collaborating on R&D for government applications in Europe. Microsoft will invest an undisclosed amount into Mistral as part of the agreement. Mistral is the second company to provide LLM services on Microsoft Azure.