> It's a shame this remains a market largely overlooked by Western players, Mistral being the only one moving in that direction.

I've said in a recent comment that Mistral is the only one of the current players who appear to be moving towards a sustainable business - all the other AI companies are simply looking for a big payday, not to operate sustainably.

Metawith the llama series as well,they just didn't manage to keep upping the game after and with llama4.