Startups such as Legora, Pigment, Nabla and Abridge are growing at unprecedented speed, drawing both customers and investors. FrenchWeb attributes this to new uses, large funding and many corporate clients' fear of missing the AI revolution.
On October 20, Crédit Agricole brought Mistral into building its AI platform, which covers an agent for retail bank customers, agentic processes and cybersecurity. Unlike Mistral's deals with BNP Paribas and HSBC, this one highlights cybersecurity, though the announcement gives no amount, duration or model, and the bank's architecture stays open to other suppliers.
IBM's chief questions why anyone should pay top price for AI when nearly as capable models can run on their own machines. For IBM, the rise of open-weight models could reshape the market for businesses and consumers alike.
Chinese startup Moonshot AI, maker of the Kimi chatbot, is expanding to Singapore. After the stir caused by its latest model, it now wants to turn that attention into revenue, much to Washington's displeasure.
In an op-ed, Marjorie Bicaïs, head of search and media advertising at CyberCité, describes ChatGPT opening its interface to ads as the topic dominating digital marketing for weeks. Agencies such as CyberCité have started working with the new format.
Tesla's profit fell 43% and its margins are shrinking as the carmaker speeds up its shift toward AI and robotics. Presse-citron concludes that cars are clearly no longer the company's priority.