Mistral AI's recent funding win is fantastic for them, but it’s a single chapter, not the whole saga for AI companies and investors under the new EU rules.
It ignores the countless smaller teams, the true characters of innovation, who will face immense compliance burdens that could end their story before it even begins.
Think of a small Canadian startup trying to navigate those rules; the stakes are much higher when every dollar counts for survival.
One big success story doesn’t suddenly clear the path for everyone else.