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Administrative Council for Economic Defense closed investigation into Microsoft/Mistral AI transaction

On 13 May 2026, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) closed its investigation into the transaction between Microsoft and Mistral AI. The CADE examined Microsoft's investment in Mistral, the provision of cloud supercomputing infrast…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Merger control regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development, infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority

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2024-08-19
under deliberation

On 19 August 2024, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) opened an investigation i…

2026-05-19
concluded

On 13 May 2026, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) closed its investigation int…