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Editorial
The Mistral deal: ASML says business, the world hears sovereignty
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By tying up with Mistral AI, ASML insists it’s just doing business. But in an age when tech is power, the line between corporate pragmatism and geopolitics all but disappears.
ASML made a point of emphasizing that the recently announced partnership with Mistral AI is a business deal and nothing more. The Dutch firm didn’t “pick Mistral because they’re European,” CEO Christophe Fouquet told the Financial Times. The fact that the tie-up may boost European tech sovereignty is merely an “additional benefit.”
Is it? Never mind that the deal is steeped in politics, whether ASML likes it or not. In today’s geopolitical climate, giving Europe’s technological autonomy a leg-up is a good business decision.
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