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Re:Mistral raises €3B by w4yai on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:23AM (#49606215)
I actually believe the amount of $ is what was missing for them to improve their fundamental flaws. They're a very competent team, but were working with a tiny fraction of the budget of US/China teams.
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Re:Mistral raises €3B by smurf9852 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @07:36AM (#49608886)
You sure? Kimi K2 Thinking was apparently build by just 80 people and not more funding.
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Re:Mistral raises €3B by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @09:49AM (#49610332)
> Kimi K2 Thinking was apparently build by just 80 people and not more funding.

But they're not competing (offically at least) for GPUs and they have much, much cheaper electricity (which makes pre-training more affordable).

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