🌐 Microsoft Azure Secures Multibillion-Dollar Deal to Build Mistral AI's European Infrastructure 1. Microsoft has struck a multibillion-dollar agreement to significantly expand French AI startup Mistral's computing infrastructure across its European Azure network. 2. The strategic deal positions Azure as the premier cloud provider for regulated European industries seeking localized, non-US-controlled artificial intelligence solutions. 3. It also diversifies Microsoft's heavy reliance on OpenAI by bringing another leading foundation model developer deeper into its orbit. Bobbi thinks: Satya Nadella is brilliantly playing both sides of the geopolitical AI divide, ensuring Azure captures massive workloads regardless of whether clients prefer American or European models. Subscribe to The Magnificent 7 on Bobbi for supporting links, newsletter, and podcast.