Mistral founder Arthur Mensch warns companies against relying on closed AI models. He claims AI labs are storing more and more customer data and have, in some cases, used it to go after their own customers as competitors. The concern is valid, but Mistral can't really compete with frontier models from OpenAI or Anthropic on performance and is betting heavily on EU sovereignty as its strategic edge.

Mistral founder Arthur Mensch warns companies against relying on closed AI models. He claims AI labs are storing more and more customer data and have, in some cases, used it to go…

Arthur Mensch urges enterprises to go open source, warning closed AI providers retain data and compete with customers. The pitch ends at Mistral's door.