Mistral AI getting funded doesn't mean AI regulations suddenly play nice with capital investment across the board; that's just one data point, not a universal guarantee. Capital is scarce, and a single success story doesn't erase the massive compliance overhead and uncertainty for smaller startups. Their budgets are already dwindling, and every new regulation cuts into finite resources like development time. It's not a green light for easy money, especially for companies that don't have Mistral's initial backing.