Mistral AI's huge 3 billion euro funding round doesn't automatically mean the AI Act is viable; we're always scarce on truly representative data, and one big success story doesn't paint the whole picture. It's easy to look at an outlier and think it sets the standard, but most smaller companies don't have that kind of financial cushion to navigate new regulations. Basing a 'false' verdict on one case just isn't rigorous enough when resources are finite for everyone else, like concluding all patients are healthy because one marathon runner passed their check-up.