Which could end up being beneficial if the EU decides that it wants to have a European Foundation Model.
Like the French having nukes is also beneficial for them.
It's only leeching if it's an American company
If VC funding for AI dries up and the french continue investing in mistral that would prevent much of the damage of an AI winter that could make openai and anthropic fail
exactly. they are (and have been since their founding) too big to fail. the eu needs a domestic ai company. mistral is the only option