Mistral融资30亿欧元,主权AI成热门赛道
原标题:Mistral raises €3B as sovereign AI becomes big business
AI 摘要
法国AI实验室Mistral AI宣布完成30亿欧元(约35.8亿美元)融资,估值超210亿欧元,由三星电子领投,EQT旗下基金和PSG Equity联合领投,创欧洲科技公司最大股权融资纪录。资金将用于扩大计算能力、建设基础设施、加速商业增长和国际扩张。Mistral强调其目标不是打造欧洲版ChatGPT,而是通过提供主权AI基础设施和第三方模型托管服务,帮助客户控制AI使用,以应对欧洲对美技术依赖的担忧。
正文节选
French AI lab Mistral AI on Tuesday said it has raised €3 billion (about $3.58 billion) at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion (about $24.39 billion), confirming earlier rumors. This Series D round, which Mistral said is “the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company,” was led by Samsung Electronics, with EQT-managed Scaleup Europe Fund and existing investor PSG Equity joining as co-leads. Mistral said it will use the funding to scale its comput