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Company Profile
Mistral AI develops open-weight and enterprise large language models and AI infrastructure, positioning itself as Europe's leading sovereign alternative to OpenAI.
Founded 2023Paris, France$5.5B raised$13.7B valuation
Investors
ASMLGeneral CatalystLightspeed Venture PartnersAndreessen HorowitzDST GlobalBpifranceIndex VenturesNvidia
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Mistral AI FAQ
- What is Mistral AI's valuation in 2026?
- Mistral AI was last valued at $13.7B in its most recent funding round.
- How much has Mistral AI raised?
- Mistral AI has raised approximately $5.5B in total funding to date.
- Is Mistral AI publicly traded?
- No. Mistral AI is privately held, last valued at $13.7B.
- Who are Mistral AI's investors?
- Mistral AI's investors include ASML, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global, Bpifrance, Index Ventures, Nvidia.
Coverage Timeline
newest first- Aug 5, 2026AIEurope's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on Mistral→
- Jul 21, 2026AIMicrosoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra Deal→
- Jul 4, 2026AIMistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI PlaybookOpen-weight model: July 2026 access→
- Jun 24, 2026AIMistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI Play→
All Coverage
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Europe's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on Mistral
With OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind setting the frontier, Fortune argues Europe's independent AI capability has narrowed to a single company -- and asks whether Mistral can carry it.
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Microsoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra Deal
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Microsoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra Deal
Microsoft expanded its strategic partnership with Mistral via a multibillion-dollar commitment to European AI data-center capacity, giving Microsoft access to Mistral's GPUs and regulated industries an EU-based alternative to US-owned models.
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Mistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI Playbook
AIOpen-weight model: July 2026 access
Mistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI Playbook
Mistral AI is preparing an open-weight model with July early access and its own Nvidia-powered compute platform, positioning the French lab as Europe's clearest sovereign alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Mistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI Play
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Mistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI Play
France's Mistral released OCR 4, an upgraded document-understanding model that pushes beyond plain text extraction into a full enterprise data-extraction stack. The move positions Europe's leading AI lab to compete directly with Google, AWS and Azure for the unglamorous but enormous market of turning documents into structured, machine-usable data.