Microsoft’s Mistral AI Investment to Be Examined by EU Watchdog
- Partnership amounts to €15 million investment, Microsoft says
- EU analysis could lead to future formal investigation
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Microsoft Corp.’s Mistral AI investment is set to be analyzed by the European Union’s competition watchdog at the same time that its deep ties to OpenAI Inc come under regulatory scrutiny.
Mistral announced a “strategic partnership” with Microsoft on Monday that includes making the startup’s latest artificial intelligence models available to customers of Microsoft’s Azure cloud. Microsoft said the investment amounted to €15 million ($16.3 million.)