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Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans on being an alternative to Chinese and US labs, says it's on track for $80M in monthly revenue by Dec. (Iain Martin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20

How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American
Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. That didn’t work out. But it turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it wasn’t made in America or China.

Millardendeal: Mastercard übernimmt das Stablecoin-Start-up BVNK
Mit der 1,8 Milliarden US-Dollar schweren Übernahme baut Mastercard seine Position im Bereich blockchainbasierter Zahlungsabwicklungen aus.
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Mystery of Armenia’s Giant 6,000-Year-old ‘Dragon Stones’ is Finally Solved https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mystery-of-armenias-6000-year-old-dragon-stones-believed-solved/

Mystery of Armenia’s Giant 6,000-Year-old 'Dragon Stones' is Finally Solved
The research team's working hypothesis is that the stones are tied to an ancient water cult, but it took a few wrong guesses to get there.

A "love triangle"? 😉
Hidden Crotch Detail Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery
https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-crotch-detail-solves-a-500-year-old-leonardo-da-vinci-mystery

Hidden Crotch Detail Solves a 500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Mystery
Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian polymath who painted the Mona Lisa, had a sophisticated geometric understanding far ahead of his time.

"It turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it wasn’t made in America or China."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/04/16/how-frances-mistral-built-a-14-billion-ai…

How France’s Mistral Built A $14 Billion AI Empire By Not Being American
Paris-based Mistral wanted to develop a top-tier AI model to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. That didn’t work out. But it turns out lots of folks don’t care if the AI is bleeding edge – as long as it wasn’t made in America or China.

📢 FC Bayern ist vorzeitig deutscher Fußball-Meister
Der FC Bayern München ist zum 35. Mal deutscher Fußball-Meister. Der Rekord-Titelträger gewann daheim 4:2 gegen den VfB Stuttgart und ist damit vier Spieltage vor Saisonende nicht mehr von der Tabellenspitze zu verdrängen.
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FC Bayern ist vorzeitig deutscher Fußball-Meister
Der FC Bayern München ist zum 35. Mal deutscher Fußball-Meister. Der Rekord-Titelträger gewann daheim 4:2 gegen den VfB Stuttgart und ist damit vier Spieltage vor Saisonende nicht mehr von der Tabellenspitze zu verdrängen.

Bookmarked: Austrian Academy of Sciences is developing the Ancient Greek AI “Apollo” with Mistral AI and Reply https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/oeaw-entwickelt-altgriechisch-ki-apollo-mit-mistral-1

Austrian Academy of Sciences is developing the Ancient Greek AI “Apollo” with Mistral AI and Reply
Austrian Archaeological Institute Develops Custom AI Model for Hundreds of Thousands of Ancient Papyri and Inscriptions ++ Faßmann: “AI and ancient languages are not a contradiction”

Frank Reich is the master of the comeback. The Jets might be his biggest challenge yet https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7055211/2026/02/20/frank-reich-is-the-master-of-the-comeback-the-jets-might-be-his-bigg…

Mistral announces Mistral Forge to help enterprises build custom models actually trained on their own data, using Mistral open-weight models as a starting point (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/17/mistral-forge-nvidia-gtc-build-your-own-ai-…

Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise | TechCrunch
Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches.

Mistral releases Small 4, its first model to unify reasoning, multimodal, and coding capabilities of its flagship Magistral, Pixtral, and Devstral models (Mistral AI)
https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-small-4

Introducing Mistral Small 4 | Mistral AI