Mistral AI's huge fundraising round smells like a big win for them, but it doesn't automatically mean the whole AI Act framework is suddenly viable or that it's the main factor influencing debates.
My gut tells me this is just one data point, not a universal truth about investor risk perception for every AI company under the new rules.
It's like saying because one house on my street sold for a million quid, my place with the dodgy boiler is suddenly worth the same; you need to see a pattern.
We'd need to see a lot more companies, across different AI sectors, getting similar investments with the AI Act in place before I'd believe it's a direct cause, not just a correlation.