[sajithdilshan]

Sums up EU in a nutshell, if it cannot compete in the open market, fund it by tax payers money (defence budgets are funded by tax payers money)

[mnewme]

They do in many other areas. Look at ASML or look at chemicals

[HDThoreaun]

I mean US is doing the same thing with intel so not like this is EU exclusive

[sajithdilshan]

You cannot be seriously comparing Mistral to Intel. Intel might be falling behind right now, but they were pioneers in 90s and 2000s. When has Mistral ever been a pioneer on anything?

[mnewme]

Actually at MoE. Though Deepseek took that approach and improved it by a lot.