French founder of artificial intelligence start-up Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch speaks next to French CEO of AFP (Agence France Presse) Fabrice Fries (R) during an interview at the Mistral headquarters in Paris, on January 15, 2025. AFP (Agence France-Presse) and Mistral have signed an agreement that allows the conversational robot of the French start-up that aims to become Europe's leading AI player to use the agency's news dispatches to answer its users' queries, they announced on January 16, 2025. (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY / AFP) (Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)