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Most of my tech is US based currently, and Iโ€™m trying to change it. An example is moving from OpenAI (US) to Mistral (French).

Then I learnt from someone else that Mistral has significant US investment - more details provided below - output from Mistral.

I was wondering what views others had on this type of relationship? It has put me off Mistral to be honest.

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Several of the investors in Mistral AI are based in the United States. These include:

  1. Andreessen Horowitz: A prominent venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California.
  2. Lightspeed Venture Partners: Another major venture capital firm with headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
  3. General Catalyst: A venture capital firm headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  4. NVIDIA: A technology company known for its graphics processing units (GPUs), based in Santa Clara, California.
  5. Salesforce Ventures: The venture capital arm of Salesforce, headquartered in San Francisco, California.

These investors have contributed significantly to Mistral AI's funding rounds, reflecting a strong interest in the AI sector from U.S.-based venture capital firms and technology companies.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

someone needs to start some kind of ollama/open webui cooperative

sure it wouldnโ€™t be as nice, but itโ€™d be โ€œenoughโ€ and wouldnโ€™t be running for profit

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Like the idea, but would have no clue how feasible something like that is.

I currently run LLMs locally using ollama, and through the terminal - I know most people would not either want or be able to do this, but Iโ€™m glad I have an alternative to the current popular AI services.