Mistral models though are not interesting as models. Context handling is weak, language is dry, coding mediocre; not sure why would anyone chose it over Chinese (Qwen, GLM, Deepseek) or American models (Gemma, Command A, Llama).
Command A is Canadian. Also mistral models are indeed interesting. They have a pretty unique vision model for OCR. They have interesting edge models. They have interesting rare language models.
And also another reason people might use a non-American model is that dependency on the US is a serious business risk these days. Not relevant if you are in the US but hugely relevant for the rest of us.
