CNBC May 24, 2024
Key Points
– Arthur Mensch, the CEO of Mistral AI and Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic were in the spotlight at Viva Tech in Paris. Both lead companies backed by U.S. tech giants.
– Helped by his associates, Mensch was spotted quickly exiting the event, in what appeared to be an attempt to avoid interactions with any media or people in attendance.
– Amodei was surrounded by people with cameras and by other attendees as soon as he left the VIP lounge.
PARIS — It’s not unusual for well-known technology CEOs to be mobbed by fans or start-up founders looking to make connections at industry conferences around the world.
But it wasn’t the high-profile names getting swarmed. Instead, it...