Samsung Electronics and French AI startup Mistral AI held talks on potential cooperation in AI memory and semiconductor sectors, signaling a collaboration across AI chip supply chains and next-generation memory technologies.

The discussions took place as South Korea pushes to become a global AI powerhouse, backed by policy measures and efforts to foster an open, worldwide AI ecosystem in partnership with AMD.

Mistral AI seeks a stable semiconductor supply to scale its Mistral Large language model and strengthen AI infrastructure amid rising demand for AI chips and related infrastructure.