We asked @zebulgar (Co-Founder, @VardaSpace) about sovereign AI strategies in Europe and whether Apple acquiring Mistral ever made sense. “Mistral was supposed to be an OpenAI competitor. Now it’s basically the French Palantir, doing AI integration work inside Airbus, LVMH, Thales. Macron practically goes to bat for them.” “But it’s not pushing fundamental technology forward. It’s not participating in the platform shift." "So for Apple, that acquisition wouldn’t solve their consumer AI problem.”