Mistral AI

Builds open-weight and commercial large language models plus enterprise AI products, pitched as a sovereign European alternative to US labs.

Founded: 2023 · Paris, France
Founders: Arthur Mensch (Co-founder and CEO) · Guillaume Lample (Co-founder and Chief Scientist) · Timothée Lacroix (Co-founder and CTO)
Website: mistral.ai

In their words

“We have the ambition to help ASML and its numerous partners solve current and future engineering challenges through AI”

Arthur Mensch, CEO and co-founder · Mistral AI, 2025-09-09

2026-09-08Raised a €3bn Series D led by Samsung Electronics at a post-money valuation above €21bn; more than 125 enterprises in 20 countries use its technology. Euronews
2025-09-09Announced a €1.7bn Series C at an €11.7bn post-money valuation, led by ASML. Mistral AI

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