Mistral gets down to business
Hundreds of heads of states, tech CEOs and nonprofits have flocked to Paris for the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit. So far, the winner of this week’s diplomatic and business parade…
Mistral releases its AI assistant on iOS and Android
Mistral, the company sometimes considered Europe’s great hope for AI, is releasing several updates to its AI assistant, Le Chat. In addition to a major upgrade to the web interface,…
Mistral board member and a16z VC Anjney Midha says DeepSeek won’t stop AI’s GPU hunger
Andreessen Horowitz general partner and Mistral board member Anjney “Anj” Midha first spied DeepSeek’s jaw-dropping performance six months ago, he tells TechCrunch. That’s when DeepSeek introduced Coder V2, which rivaled…
Mistral’s origin story has an insuretech founder at its heart
If you’ve been following the AI industry, Mistral should be a familiar name by now. The French AI startup with a $6 billion valuation is arguably the biggest AI company…
Mistral signs deal with AFP to offer up-to-date answers in Le Chat
Just a day after Google inked a deal with The Associated Press, Mistral is also announcing a content deal with the Agence France-Presse (AFP) to improve the accuracy of answers…
Mistral unveils new AI models and chat features
French AI startup Mistral has released a slew of updates to its product portfolio as it looks to remain competitive in the cutthroat AI space. Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot platform…
Mistral launches a moderation API
AI startup Mistral has launched a new API for content moderation. The API, which is the same API that powers moderation in Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot platform, can be tailored…
Mistral’s Large 2 is its answer to Meta and OpenAI’s latest models
For frontier AI models, when it rains, it pours. Mistral released a fresh new flagship model on Wednesday, Large 2, which it claims to be on par with the latest…
Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI raises $640 million
Mistral AI has closed its much rumored Series B funding round with General Catalyst leading the round. The company has secured €600 million (around $640 million at today’s exchange rate)…
Mistral launches new services, SDK to let customers fine-tune its models
French AI startup Mistral is introducing new AI model customization options, including paid plans, to let developers — and enterprises — fine-tune its generative models for particular use cases. The…