Subj : Could this be bigger than OpenAI? Microsoft invests billions in F
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Sun Mar 03 2024 07:30:06

Could this be bigger than OpenAI? Microsoft invests billions in French 
startup  Mistral AI is a multilingual maestro that's almost as good as 
ChatGPT 4

Date:
Sun, 03 Mar 2024 07:15:33 +0000

Description:
Microsoft has invested heavily in French AI startup Mistral AI.

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Its no secret that Microsoft is all-in when it comes to AI. The company has 
invested heavily in OpenAI, and added artificial intelligence to its various 
products and services, including introducing Copilot in Windows 11. 

But just because its invested billions in OpenAI that doesnt mean Microsoft 
is ignoring other players in the AI game, as the tech behemoth has also now 
invested heavily in French startup Mistral AI . 

The multi-year partnership aims to help speed up AI innovation and debut 
Mistral Large on Microsoft Azure. Mistral Large, the company's flagship 
commercial model, is a general-purpose language model proficient in code and 
mathematics and can process dozens of documents in a single call. It handles 
French, German, Spanish, and Italian, in addition to English. According to 
commonly used benchmarks, it's the world's second-ranked model generally 
available through an API, next to GPT-4, so it's easy to understand 
Microsoft's interest. Opportunities galore 

The alliance between the two firms focuses on three core areas: 
supercomputing infrastructure, market scaling, and AI research and 
development. Microsoft will provide Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure to 
deliver top-tier performance for AI training and inference workloads for 
Mistral AIs flagship models. 

Additionally, customers will have access to Mistral AIs premium models 
through the Models as a Service (MaaS) in the Azure AI Studio and Azure 
Machine Learning model catalog. This, coupled with Azures AI-optimized 
infrastructure and enterprise-grade capabilities, offers Mistral AI added 
opportunities to promote, sell, and distribute its models to Microsoft 
customers worldwide. 

We are thrilled to embark on this partnership with Microsoft. With Azures 
cutting-edge AI infrastructure, we are reaching a new milestone in our 
expansion propelling our innovative research and practical applications to 
new customers everywhere. Together, we are committed to driving impactful 
progress in the AI industry and delivering unparalleled value to our 
customers and partners globally, said Arthur Mensch, Chief Executive Officer, 
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