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Ecosia drops Mistral AI for Chinese open weight models, cites year long quality gap

Ecosia's founder and CEO Christian Kroll said the German search engine replaced French supplier Mistral AI with open weight models, including China's Qwen, GLM and Kimi, via platform Melious. He cited a year long quality gap and halved costs.

Reported AI-drafted heise online, 8 October 2026

What it does not test. It does not establish how many Ecosia products now run the new models or verify Kroll's cost savings claim.

How this item counts. Towards dependence: it changes who made the parts. Binding 3 of 3 (in force or operating), scale 1 of 3 (small), Reported counts half: weight -1.5 of 36 possible. German search engine swaps French Mistral models for Chinese open-weight models, one firm. European Sovereignty Index

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