Semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML and Mistral AI announced a partnership to explore the use of AI models across ASML’s product portfolio to enhance its holistic lithography systems. In addition, ASML was the lead investor in the latest funding round in the AI startup and now holds an 11% share on a fully diluted basis in Mistral AI. The deal holds a massive symbolic weight in the era of sovereign AI and trade barriers. Although not big in the great scheme of things and especially compared with the ...