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Soofi introduces Soofi S, a 30B parameter Mixture-of-Experts open source foundation model trained on 27 trillion tokens, targeting industrial AI applications in German and English. The model is part of a European sovereign AI initiative.

European startup Domyn announces a new 400 billion parameter AI model, following their existing 260b closed-source model and a 10b open-source model.

Mistral AI is reportedly in early talks to raise €3 billion at a €20 billion valuation, nearly doubling its previous valuation, reflecting its growing significance as a European AI sovereign alternative.

The author attended the Mistral AI Now Summit in Paris, noting Mistral's shift from a model company to a full-stack AI provider, with emphasis on on-prem deployment, specialized small models, and European sovereignty.

Mistral AI acquires Emmi AI to create the leading AI stack for industrial engineering, combining Mistral's platform with Emmi's Physics AI models to accelerate simulation and engineering workflows in sectors like energy, automotive, and aerospace.

The article analyzes Mistral AI's rapid revenue growth and strategic positioning, emphasizing its focus on European data sovereignty, open-weight models, and computational efficiency to compete with US tech giants.