Mistral AI's growth doesn't mean AI regulation automatically makes capital investment compatible for everyone else; that's a scarce and dwindling resource for most startups. One company's success doesn't prove that regulatory frameworks turn risks into easy metrics for all investors. For every Mistral, there are countless others where the cost of compliance eats up their finite seed money, making it impossible to even launch. We're talking about a finite pool of investor attention, and many can't afford the legal overhead to even get noticed.