Mistral and Saudi state-backed HUMAIN announced a strategic collaboration on AI infrastructure, model development and deployment in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. Initial focus areas are cybersecurity, voice, and models that perform well in Arabic, with Mistral exploring use of HUMAIN's data centres. The companies describe a deal worth hundreds of millions of euros, but note that commercial agreements are still to follow.
What changed
Mistral's recent capacity announcements centred on Europe, through Microsoft and European Compute Units.
- hundreds of millions of euros
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