Arthur Mensch is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Mistral, the last remaining hope for frontier intelligence in Europe. Mistral has raised approximately $7.5BN, including debt, and reached a valuation above $24BN. Previously a researcher at Google DeepMind, Arthur co-authored the landmark Chinchilla research, showing how smaller, better-trained AI models could outperform much larger rivals.
AGENDA:
00:00 Is Mistral Europe's Last Hope in AI?
08:45 Are Chinese Open Models Actually Safe?
13:00 Will OpenAI & Anthropic Replace Their Own Customers?
14:40 Why Energy Isn't Europe's Biggest AI Bottleneck
24:05 Why Mistral Won't Follow OpenAI Into Chips
30:40 Who Gets Rich From the Inference Boom?
31:45 102 New AI Labs: Who Actually Survives?
35:30 Are $100 Billion Training Runs a Fantasy?
36:20 If Everyone Needs Compute, Why Are AI Stocks Crashing?
44:05 Will Mistral Choose Europe for Its IPO?