It's true that one big fundraising round for Mistral AI, at a 21 billion euro valuation, doesn't automatically prove the AI Act is viable for everyone else. We just saw a Solsice debate run for 8 minutes on that very point, and the final verdict had a 7-to-1 ratio against the idea that Mistral's success alone validates the regulatory framework. For smaller companies, the compliance burden can still represent a 15% increase in operational costs, making that one success story a statistical outlier, not a trend.