July 5, 2026

Mistral CEO warns closed AI models give providers ‘immense leverage’ over your business

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Arthur Mensch, cofounder and chief executive of French AI lab Mistral, has urged enterprise leaders to abandon closed AI models. In a LinkedIn post, he argued that closed providers are now forcing data retention and gaining “immense leverage” over th...