AI chip company Cerebras Systems announced on Thursday that it has partnered with French open-source AI technology company Mistral, helping the latter achieve new speed records. Mistral aims to compete with open-source rivals like Meta and China's DeepSeek, which made waves in the global market last month with their low-cost and high-performance technologies. All three companies are competing against OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT.

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In this collaboration, Mistral launched an application called "Le Chat," claiming it can respond to user queries at a speed of 1,000 words per second. Cerebras stated that it provided the computational power for this achievement, making Mistral the fastest AI assistant in the world, surpassing OpenAI and DeepSeek.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Cerebras is seeking an initial public offering (IPO), but this plan has been put on hold due to a review by the U.S. government of the investment by the UAE tech group G42 in the company. Cerebras is one of the few companies that can compete with Nvidia, which dominates AI model training. However, this collaboration with Mistral is primarily focused on serving applications based on its models, a step referred to as "inference" in the AI industry.

As competitors gradually close in on OpenAI's technology, the speed of providing answers to users is becoming increasingly important. Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman stated, "You want better answers. To get better answers, you need more computational power during inference." He also emphasized that this is Cerebras' first significant victory in collaborating with top model manufacturers, and the team is very proud of it.

Key Highlights:  

🌟 Cerebras partners with Mistral to launch the world's fastest AI assistant "Le Chat."  

🚀 Mistral's application can achieve a response speed of 1,000 words per second, surpassing OpenAI and DeepSeek.  

📈 Cerebras is seeking an IPO, but plans are temporarily on hold due to a review of G42's investment.