[mareksotak]

Some companies spend weeks on landing pages, demos and cute thought through promo videos and then there is Mistral, casually dropping a magnet link on Friday.

[tananaev]

I'm sure it's also a marketing move to build a certain reputation. Looks like it's working.

[OscarTheGrinch]

Not geoblocking the entirety of Europe also makes them stand out like a ringmaster amongst clowns.

[throwaway4aday]

technically, it is marketing but at this level marketing is indistinguishable from shipping

[tarruda]

I'm curious about their business model.

[jorge-d]

Well so far their business model seems to be mostly centered about raising money[1]. I do hope they succeed in becoming a succesful contender against OpenAI.

[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-04/openai-ri...

[nuz]

They can make plenty by offering consulting fees for finetuning and general support around their models.