Don't get me wrong, I do wish Mistral's models were competitive with the Chinese ones. But right now, they simply aren't, and might never be in the future.
If you want the best option available while keeping your data within the EU, running a Chinese open weights model on hardware within the EU is likely the way to go.
If you want the best option available while keeping your data within the EU, running a Chinese open weights model on hardware within the EU is likely the way to go.