Mistral CEO refuses to sell to Silicon Valley giants, claims to be able to find vulnerabilities in Anthropic

Crypto界网消息，Mistral AI co-founder and CEO Arthur Mensch recently testified before the French National Assembly, explicitly refusing to sell the company to Silicon Valley giants, criticizing European startups for always thinking about selling to Silicon Valley for cashing out. He stated that as long as a company is successful, it will not be acquired; being acquired is, in a sense, a failure. At the same time, he challenged U.S. security benchmark Anthropic, claiming that Mistral’s model can identify all the network vulnerabilities found by Mythos. Mistral has invested 1 billion euros in R&D this year, with 75% of its revenue coming from Europe. The company plans to build an 80 MW computing cluster in France next year, aiming to reach 1 GW by 2029. Mensch emphasized that the essence of AI is converting electrical energy into tokens, relying on nuclear power to reduce carbon footprint. He warned that if Europe retreats due to high costs, it will lose control of underlying computing power and face annual trade deficits of trillions of euros in the future.