AI strategy
2 published articles
AIFeatured4 min read
AI Strategy
France's €2.5B AI plan: more than a budget, a blueprint for sovereignty
France's AI strategy has entered a new phase with €2.5 billion in funding, a record Mistral AI round, and a push to get half of all SMBs using AI by 2027. Here's how the pieces fit together.
2026-07-27
Labs & Research5 min read
Portfolio strategy autopsy
Mistral killed half its model family. What survived tells you everything.
A mid-2026 audit of Mistral AI's model portfolio reveals 36 active models across frontier, specialist, and legacy tiers, with 19 models slated for deprecation. The company's strategy emphasizes small specialist models for agents and coding, while retiring experimental variants like Magistrate and earlier Devstral versions.
2026-07-13