Microsoft will make French startup Mistral AI’s synthetic intelligence fashions obtainable by its Azure cloud computing platform below a brand new partnership, the businesses stated on Monday.
The multi-year deal alerts Microsoft’s efforts to supply quite a lot of AI fashions past its largest wager in OpenAI because the tech large seeks to draw extra clients for its Azure cloud companies.
Microsoft will take a minority stake in Mistral as a part of the deal, the startup informed Reuters with out disclosing particulars.
Microsoft confirmed its funding in Mistral, however stated it holds no fairness within the firm. The tech large is below regulatory scrutiny in Europe and the US for its outsized funding in OpenAI.
The Paris-based startup works on open supply and proprietary giant language fashions (LLM), much like the one OpenAI pioneered with ChatGPT, that understands and generates textual content in a human-like trend.
Its newest proprietary mannequin, Mistral Large, will probably be first obtainable to Azure clients below the partnership. Mistral’s know-how will probably be hosted on Microsoft’s cloud computing platform.
Mistral has additionally been working with Amazon and Google to distribute its fashions. It plans to make Mistral Large obtainable on different cloud platforms within the subsequent few months, a spokesperson stated.
Mistral was based by Timothée Lacroix and Guillaume Lample, who beforehand labored on Meta’s synthetic intelligence groups; and Arthur Mensch, a former researcher at Google’s DeepMind.
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