Mistral puts trillion-parameter Large 4 weights on Hugging Face; Ottawa buys into Cohere's record round — October 30, 2026
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Mistral released open weights for Large 4 and pitched it to security teams, while Canada's government took a stake in Cohere's planned $7 billion round. Alphabet's stock fell after Google said an AI Mode query earns less than a web search, and India's AM Intelligence is reportedly seeking up to $3 billion in debt to buy Nvidia Rubin chips.
In this episode: 1. Welcome Le Chonk: Mistral Large 4 on Hugging Face — Hugging Face https://huggingface.co/blog/mistral-large4 2. Ottawa buys stake in Cohere in funding round valuing AI company at $35.7-billion - The Globe and Mail — The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ottawa-buys-stake-in-cohere-357-billion-in-new-financing/ 3. Google admits AI search makes less money, but it's fixing that with more ads — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/google-admits-ai-search-makes-less-money-but-its-fixing-that-with-more-ads/ 4. Indian AI firm seeks to raise $3 billion to buy Nvidia chips: report — Priyanka Salve https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/30/nvidia-india-ai-chips-computing.html
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