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Microsoft is building an AI stack it doesn’t fully own — on purpose

Microsoft and Mistral have deepened their partnership with a multibillion-dollar agreement focused on enterprise AI infrastructure, deliberately building an AI stack the company does not fully own. The deal aims to provide sovereign AI capabilities to enterprise customers.

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Microsoft and Mistral are deepening their partnership with a multibillion-dollar agreement focused on enterprise AI infrastructure. The goal is to

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