Basing the viability of the entire AI Act on Mistral AI's funding round introduces a significant downside risk, as one company's success doesn't set the condition for all. What if their valuation is mostly hype, or if other, smaller firms face insolvency due to compliance costs not covered by such a large raise? We need a fail-safe beyond just one big player's numbers; for example, how will a small Belgian startup manage the legal costs for data provenance if their product niche is tiny?