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Re:Mistral raises €3B by rapind on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:09AM (#49610577)
I think the route to profitability is super clear and simple. To be a reasonable alternative to Chinese and US models.

I think you're probably better off using the Chinese open models right now if you're concerned about vendor lock-in or capabilities disappearing because someone's economy seems a bit fragile atm. There's no guarantee China keeps releasing open weights though, so supporting a pragmatic alternative isn't a horrible idea.

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Re:Mistral raises €3B by moffkalast on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:37PM (#49614710)
I don't think any Mistral model can match an open 30B-sized Qwen from a year ago, so right now they're not really a competitive alternative to anything at all. Except Voxtral perhaps, but that's very niche.
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