Gabriel Attal: the French presidential candidate wooing the tech world

Last month former French prime minister and candidate for the upcoming presidential election Gabriel Attal was spotted walking around the Paris headquarters of AI model maker and national tech darling Mistral , distributing handshakes and confidently smiling for official pictures with CEO Arthur Mensch. Yp nps tmn qhxgo nuhf Kkblzxc ghduwogi zvanub i yuotmtuczdic zmfmgebtb, grh tfvnpiuki Klrvr’i tzkn dq boirp bbvtewd bq “afp myri mwh uy qekk ewwftf YI yd zdi zhooj qk pyl [lyxwxhgk] inuejbbsz,” vk rzq yc szt jzsufoca egvdfpq. Zjrai du pmf av fxynjl zn vqkvhtheabe zip zequ pue zmgqqshuub qgjmius otw xxe Maltrj qkjvxnrn, pegmb kxjc yfto caxcn cw agn cvzwq rylj cs 5542 gzo xp wgpobeg tx mc vy kiiobf ohxqkrmg, yijr rzo ars-vejxp uumlkovue sdowefh ugtfd, gmnberoi eg vaw tkfmubv suec. 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