The biggest winners and losers from US restrictions on Anthropic's AI

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Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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The 'Le Chaton Fat' meme techies can't stop talking about

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A meme of Mistral's Le Chaton Fat
One of many memes circulating on social media of Mistral's "Le Chaton Fat."

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Anthropic's new models were restricted by the US. Europe's top AI startup has been waiting for this moment.

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Mistral AI CEO Arthur Mensch and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.

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'Europe is kind of waking up': I went to Mistral's summit in Paris and heard a clear message about AI

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Thibault Spirlet at Mistral AI's Summit in Paris
I snapped a selfie in front of Mistral AI's Summit sign.

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Mistral AI's CEO says Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'

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Arthur Mensch, CEO and co-founder of Mistral AI, at a hearing before a parliamentary committee of inquiry over digital addictions, at the French National Assembly in Paris, on May 12, 2026
Mistral's CEO warned Europe is running out of time to avoid AI dependence on the US.

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SpaceX and Cursor have explored a team-up with Mistral to take on AI rivals

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Elon Musk
Elon Musk expressed concerns to engineers about Anthropic's lead in the AI race, sources say.

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Jensen Huang explains why Nvidia invests in tons of companies, instead of trying to pick winners

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Jensen Huang said that Nvidia's humble history is one reason he doesn't believe in picking winners.

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Apple makes a huge bet on AI models becoming commodities

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Apple CEO Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook

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A leading European AI startup says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't better tech — it's not being American

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Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch at an IA summit at Imperial College London, in central London, in July 2025.
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch says its edge over Silicon Valley isn't smarter models, but being a European alternative built for control, sovereignty, and trust.

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Eric Schmidt said he worries that most governments will use Chinese AI models

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Eric Schmidt
Google's ex-CEO is worried most countries will adopt Chinese AI models.

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