Mistral Invests €3 Billion in Computing and Launches Large 4

Mistral presented Mistral Large 4 on October 6. Its CEO, Arthur Mensch, claims that the gap with OpenAI is measured in "a few months." The startup announced in September a €3 billion Series D funding round, which its CEO intends to fully allocate to the purchase of computing capacity.

€3 billion for computing and a horizon of "a few months"

In September, Mistral announced a €3 billion funding round as part of a Series D. Arthur Mensch specifies that this amount will be entirely dedicated to acquiring additional computing capacity. The company plans to increase its resources for training its AI models. According to its CEO, having more computing power allows for training larger models, which gives Mistral the opportunity to anticipate the evolution of its performance based on available resources. Arthur Mensch estimates that the gap between Mistral and OpenAI is only "a few months," and the company aims to close this gap with American AIs.

Mistral Large 4 is launched and targets the best open Chinese models

On October 6, Mistral unveiled Mistral Large 4. This model is presented as capable of competing with the best open models developed in China. This launch marks a milestone for Mistral, which seeks to narrow the gap with American players in the sector.

Performance references and ambition for similar capabilities

OpenAI recently published hundreds of manuscripts detailing solutions to complex mathematical problems by its AI. In an interview with France Inter, Arthur Mensch positioned Mistral as being "a few months" away from OpenAI. The startup aims to achieve capabilities comparable to those highlighted by OpenAI in the coming months.