PYMNTS reports: “French artificial intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI has reportedly raised $415 million in a funding round. The round, as reported Sunday (Dec. 10) by The New York Times, values the 7-month-old company at around $2 billion, two sources told the newspaper. The $415 million figure is lower than the $487 million that the company — founded by researchers from Google and Meta — was reportedly aiming for.”