Mistral AI Considering Designing Own Chips Amid Infrastructure Expansion
French AI startup Mistral is exploring the possibility of designing its own semiconductor chips in an effort to control more of its infrastructure and reduce deployment costs. The company, valued at nearly €12 billion, currently relies on Nvidia but may eventually develop custom application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), following a trend seen among major U.S. hyperscalers like Amazon and Google.
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