Replit just grew up

What we’ll cover today:

🧩 Replit just got serious distribution muscle with Microsoft

🇫🇷 Mistral is raising like it runs a country

🛍️ AI just became your new shopping assistant

🎓 ChatGPT’s testing a study feature no one asked for

🔐 OpenAI is now Fort Knox with biometric scanners

🇫🇷 Mistral is quietly loading up

• Mistral is raising another $1 billion in equity from Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund. They’re also in talks with French lenders for additional debt.

• They’re already working with MGX and Nvidia on Europe’s largest AI data center. [Read full story]

• Macron wants AI sovereignty, and Mistral is the chosen vehicle.

• They’ve raised $1.19B so far, last valued at $6.5B. If this goes through, they’re not just building models. They’re building national infrastructure.

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🛍️ Prime Day shows where AI is actually useful

• This year’s Prime Day will drive $23.8B in online sales. Mobile leads, but genAI is the new player.

• AI-driven traffic is up 3200% year over year. People use it for product research, deals, and recommendations. 92% say it improved the experience. [Read full story]

• Gemini and ChatGPT now have shopping tools built in. AI isn't replacing shopping, it's mediating it.

🤝 Replit partners with Microsoft

• Replit just launched on Azure Marketplace.

• It also integrates with Azure services like containers and Neon Postgres.

• They’re targeting non-technical users who want to prototype and deploy fast without engineering bottlenecks. [Read full story]

• Replit went from $10M to $100M ARR in 6 months. No fresh round needed. Google Cloud just lost a key edge.

🧠 ChatGPT is testing “Study Together”

• A new mode called Study Together is showing up for some users.

• Instead of answering, ChatGPT asks the questions.

• No official launch yet, but it looks like a move toward tutoring-style interactions and away from answer dumping. [Read full story]

• OpenAI might be trying to reframe ChatGPT as a learning companion, not just a shortcut.

🔐 OpenAI locks the doors

• After DeepSeek allegedly cloned their model, OpenAI clamped down hard on internal security. [Read full story]

• Only verified team members can access new models. Dev work happens on offline machines. Biometric scans now control access.

• This is no longer a startup mentality. It’s a security state with a product layer.

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