🚀 Mistral AI, a French startup, raises a whopping €385M ($415M) to develop open-source generative AI tools, chatbots, and more! 💰 Led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Ventures, the company now boasts a $2B valuation. 🤖

Mistral's founders hail from Google's DeepMind and Meta, aiming to make AI accessible to the public by 2024. 🌍 CEO Arthur Mensch envisions a "European champion" in AI with a global reach. 🏆

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