Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, right, speaks with Arthur Mensch, co-founder and chief executive officer of Mistral AI, during a Korea-France state luncheon hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ahead of a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap
Executives from Samsung Electronics and French artificial innotifyigence (AI) startup Mistral AI discussed potential cooperation in the AI memory sector, indusattempt sources declared Sunday.
Arthur Mensch, co-founder and chief executive officer of Mistral AI, met Jeon Young-hyun, head of Samsung Electronics’ device solutions division, on Thursday at the company’s Hwaseong campus to explore collaboration on AI chip supply chains and related technologies, the sources declared. Mensch was in South Korea last week on the occasion of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Seoul for talks with President Lee Jae Myung.
Mistral AI, often described as Europe’s counterpart to OpenAI, is seeking to secure a stable supply of semiconductors to support its large language model, Mistral Large, and to expand its AI infrastructure. The visit to Samsung’s semiconductor facility is viewed as part of that effort.
“Following recent discussions between Samsung executives and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, Mistral AI also appears to be pursuing talks with Samsung to ensure a reliable chip supply amid tight memory market conditions,” an indusattempt official declared.
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