Mistral

Yesterday, Mistral AI, a Paris-based AI startup working on foundational models, announced a new large language model that could rival OpenAI’s GPT-4, a chat assistant and a distribution partnership with…

Microsoft made a $16M investment in Mistral AI

Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI is gradually building an alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic as its latest announcement shows. The company is launching a new flagship large language model called…

Mistral AI releases new model to rival GPT-4 and its own chat assistant

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Armilla wants to give companies a warranty for AI

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VCs Elad Gil and Sarah Guo on the risks and rewards of funding AI: ‘The biggest threat to us in the short run is other people’

French startup Mistral AI has officially closed its much anticipated Series A funding round. The company has raised €385 million, or $415 million at today’s exchange rate — according to…

Mistral AI, a Paris-based OpenAI rival, closed its $415 million funding round