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Mistral AI’s Meteoric Rise: Inside the $14B Open-Source Gambit Challenging OpenAI

The Making of an Open-Source AI Juggernaut Founded in Paris in spring 2023, Mistral AI burst onto the scene with bold ambition: to challenge the likes of OpenAI and Google by doing things differently. Its three co-founders – Arthur Mensch (CEO, ex-DeepMind), Timothée Lacroix (CTO, ex-Meta AI) and Guillaume Lample (Chief Science Officer, ex-Meta) – left Big Tech research jobs to build foundation models on their own terms techcrunch.com techcrunch.com. The company’s very name (a “mistral” is a strong wind in Southern France) hints at its mission to blow fresh air into AI development techcrunch.com. Mensch and team saw that “proprietary [AI] was becoming

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Chevron stock near $181 as leadership shake-up, Lukoil deadline and Iran risk set up Monday

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Chevron shares rose 0.9% to $180.86 Friday after announcing senior management changes and signing a cooperation pact with Turkey’s state oil company. The stock closed just below early-February highs as investors watched U.S.-Iran tensions and a Feb. 28 Lukoil sanctions deadline. Volume reached 9.9 million shares.

Costco stock price closes above $1,000 as January sales jump; what COST investors watch next

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Costco shares closed up 1.2% at $1,001.16 Friday after reporting January net sales rose 9.3% to $21.33 billion and digital sales jumped 34.4%. Analysts remain divided on whether the sales strength will continue in February. The company’s next update is set for March 5. Costco will pay a $1.30 per share dividend on Feb. 13.

Super Micro (SMCI) stock jumps, but SEC filing flags margin squeeze and customer concentration

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Super Micro Computer shares jumped 11.4% to $34.38 Friday, then slipped 0.9% after hours. Quarterly sales rose 123% to $12.68 billion, but gross margin dropped to 6.3%. Tariff costs, inventory write-downs, and dependence on a single customer weighed on results. The company disclosed an SEC subpoena and a March 12 court date in a securities case.

MRVL stock jumps as Marvell filing clears 24.2 million Celestial AI shares for resale

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Marvell Technology shares jumped 8.2% to $80.28 Friday, with 22.6 million shares traded, after filing to register over 24 million shares for resale linked to its Celestial AI acquisition. Marvell will not receive proceeds from the resale. The company completed the $1 billion deal this week, adding about 27 million diluted shares outstanding. Chip stocks rebounded as investors bet on strong AI-driven demand.

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Mistral AI’s Meteoric Rise: Inside the $14B Open-Source Gambit Challenging OpenAI

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Chevron stock near $181 as leadership shake-up, Lukoil deadline and Iran risk set up Monday

Costco stock price closes above $1,000 as January sales jump; what COST investors watch next

Super Micro (SMCI) stock jumps, but SEC filing flags margin squeeze and customer concentration

MRVL stock jumps as Marvell filing clears 24.2 million Celestial AI shares for resale