Mistral AI launches Vibe, expands into industrial AI and announces data center push to challenge OpenAI (opens in new tab)

used its first-ever developer conference on Wednesday to announce a sweeping expansion into industrial manufacturing, a new inference data center south of Paris, and a rebranding of its consumer-facing assistant — moves that collectively signal the three-year-old French startup's ambition to become the enterprise AI provider of record for companies that refuse to hand their most sensitive data to American hyperscalers.At the , held at a venue in central Paris, co-founder and CEO Arthur Mensch...