I find it odd watching armchair critics rush to nitpick
@MistralAI’s plans or obsess over whether they’re #
1# on every leaderboard.
Having a team with this level of conviction building frontier models and AI infrastructure in France—and punching so far above their weight relative to hyperscaler resources—is incredible.
Building in the arena is hard. Anybody who actually tries knows. We should be rooting for them, and I have huge respect for what they’re building in France 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷—keep it up!