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> ..but you're comparing apples to oranges.

Actually, he’s comparing apples to mistrals.

I’ll get my coat.

New product idea: AI coat. For only 20M tokens it will tell you the optimal number of buttons to button up*

*Please verify results with human based weather perception

"What does Mistral own?"

Independence from the USA's CLOUD Act, secret FISA courts, and ICC-style disabling of important services.*

*…and the Chinese equivalents.

Do they actually own it though? AFAIK they have no significant moat even in the EU (legal or competitive) and given the current accessibility to non-SOTA AI (open weight models and distillation) it's just a matter of time until Mistral gets serious competition on these points.

The wording of the CLOUD act prevents any American company from competing, but yes, other European-only companies could offer the same.

Here I was thinking Apple sold phones and you're saying they rent them out?

yes, you don't own your iphone by every defition other than holding the brick in your hand.