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ASML Backs Mistral AI And Extends Reach Into AI Chip Design
ASML Holding (ENXTAM:ASML) is committing €1.5b to French startup Mistral AI, marking a large move into AI software.
The company is expanding beyond lithography hardware to explore integrated hardware and software tools for chipmakers.
This step connects ASML more directly with AI model development and could reshape how customers design and optimize chips.
ASML is best known for its lithography systems that are central to advanced chip manufacturing, so this investment in Mistral AI shifts...