Mistral is now hosting GLM-5.2
Summary
Mistral is now hosting competitor Z.ai's GLM-5.2, pricing it cheaper than its own flagship Mistral Medium 3.5, sparking speculation about a strategic pivot toward compute sales and smaller specialized models.
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