EU to examine partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI. A Microsoft spokesperson clarified that the partnership included “an investment of 15 million euros” which would be “converted into capital during Mistral’s next funding round” The Commission had already announced on January 9 that it was examining Microsoft's multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI.
If the European Commission deems it necessary, it could open a formal investigation into the partnership with Microsoft in order to identify a possible abuse of the software giant's dominant position.