Apple is exploring major moves in artificial intelligence, with internal talks reportedly held about acquiring French startup Mistral and U.S.-based Perplexity. Mistral, backed by Nvidia, was last valued at over $6 billion and is reportedly in talks to raise new funding at a $10 billion valuation. Perplexity, also backed by Nvidia and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has been expanding aggressively in the AI search space. While no deal has been confirmed, Apple’s interest highlights its growing urgency to strengthen AI capabilities and shape the next wave of competition among tech giants. Follow us (👉@artificialintelligenceee) for everything latest from the AI world.