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While few companies announce this publicly, I know from personal experience with corporate clients that many companies are preparing for Trump to use Big Tech a
by spiderfarmer 7mo ago
While few companies announce this publicly, I know from personal experience with corporate clients that many companies are preparing for Trump to use Big Tech as a bargaining chip.
And they should. Because the US is not behaving rationally at all.
https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/10/rabobank-ing-abn-amro-seek-european-alternatives-us-technology https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/10/rabobank-ing-abn-amro-seek-eur...
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/gartner_cio_cloud_sovereignty/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/gartner_cio_cloud_sov...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-zoom-teams-france-us-b2913584.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/europe-zoom-...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-france-is-ditching-american-tech-when-will-canada/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-...
https://sherwood.news/tech/europe-wants-to-break-up-with-us-tech-heres-how-it-plans-on-doing-that/ https://sherwood.news/tech/europe-wants-to-break-up-with-us-...
- drstewart 7mo ago>While few companies announce this publicly, I know from personal experience with corporate clients Well I have even more personal experience that contradicts yours, and this isn't true at all. Everyone uses Claude / Gemini / OpenAI. Mistral isn't even on the table.
- input_sh 7mo agoCome on, compared to Google Workspace / Microsoft's whatever-it's-called-these-days, the cost of switching from one LLM provider to another is pretty much zero. Having an option at the back of your mind is all it takes right now, until push comes to shove of course.
- spiderfarmer 7mo agoJust a sample: https://mistral.ai/customers https://mistral.ai/customers And you can Google for "We use Mistral" to find thousands of usecases by startups and other companies.