Executives from Samsung Electronics and the French AI startup Mistral AI have reportedly discussed potential collaboration in the AI memory field.

Arthur Mensch, the co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI, had a meeting with Jeon Young-hyun, who leads Samsung Electronics' device solutions division, on Thursday at the Hwaseong campus to explore possible collaboration regarding AI chip supply chains and related technologies.

Mensch visited South Korea last week for French President Emmanuel Macron's trip to Seoul to have talks with President Lee Jae Myung, as reported by Yonhap news agency.

Mistral AI, often seen as Europe's answer to OpenAI, seeks to secure a dependable source of semiconductors to strengthen its large language model, Mistral Large, and improve its AI infrastructure. The visit to Samsung's semiconductor facility is seen as part of that effort.

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Reports indicate that Mistral AI is in talks with Samsung to obtain a consistent chip supply following recent discussions between Samsung leaders and Lisa Su, CEO of Advanced Micro Devices, in the current tough memory market.

Last month, Lisa Su, the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), met with officials from the South Korean government, Samsung Electronics, and Upstage as the American tech leader aims to strengthen partnerships in artificial intelligence (AI) in the region.

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Su met with Im Moon-young, vice chair of the National AI Strategy Committee, and Ha Jung-woo, presidential secretary for AI policy and future planning, to discuss potential collaboration in the AI industry.

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During the meeting, South Korean officials outlined Seoul's plans aimed at ranking Asia's fourth-largest economy among the top three AI leaders worldwide, while also seeking partnership opportunities between Korean companies and AMD in the AI sector, according to the committee's report.