Mistral AI is in the final stages of financing talks with investors, including Nvidia Corp. and Salesforce Inc., and expects to raise about $487 million, valuing it at about $2 billion, Yahoo News reported. The deal includes more than $325 million in equity investment led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Nvidia and Salesforce providing $120 million in convertible debt. Mistral AI is a company that makes open source software that powers chatbots and other generative AI tools. The company, which was founded less than a year ago, is valued at $2 billion, underscoring the tech community's optimism about the future prospects and profits of artificial intelligence companies.