Speaking at the Ai Everything summit in Abu Dhabi, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said the model the company is announcing today is above Chinese models on certain aspects, including cyber, without naming the models or benchmarks, and argued the idea that Europe cannot compete in AI is not true. Mistral raised €3B at a €21B valuation in September and is pitching independence from both the US and China as its edge with Gulf and Asia-Pacific buyers. The full model details were expected later in the day. Security-focused teams evaluating non-US, non-Chinese models have a new release to benchmark.