https://techmonitor.ai/policy/cma-invites-third-party-views-amid-concerns-surrounding-big-tech-dominance-of-generative-ai

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has asked for comment on partnerships between big tech and AI startups. The relationships in question are between Microsoft and Mistral AI, and Amazon and Anthropic, as well as Microsoft’s hiring of former employees and related arrangements with Inflection AI.

The competition watchdog aims to determine if these partnerships comply with UK merger regulations and assess their potential impact on competition in the UK. The "invitations to comment" mark the first part of the CMA’s information-gathering process, which could lead to formal investigation.