Drops official probe but Microsoft's deal with Inflection AI and Amazon's with Anthropic still in play Britain's competition watchdog does not think Microsoft's investment in Mistral AI constitutes a merger situation – just weeks after calling for industry views on the agreement.

British regulators say they don’t need to open a competition investigation into Microsoft’s partnership with French artificial intelligence company Mistral, a month after asking for industry feedback

The announcement comes after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in April it was seeking comments on the AI partnerships between the firms, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic. At the time,

Microsoft won't be facing antitrust scrutiny in the U.K. over its recent investment in French AI startup, Mistral AI, with the country's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Friday concluding that the partnership "does not qualify for investigation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002.

Britain's competition watchdog agency said on Friday that it will not launch an investigation into Microsoft's partnership with French artificial intelligence firm Mistral, saying the arrangements did

The Competition and Markets Authority had announced it was gathering information on the tie-up last month.

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority cleared Microsoft’s partnership with Mistral AI.