Company

Mistral

French AI startup developing large language models, positioned as Europe's answer to OpenAI

AIEnterprise Software

Funding History

May 15, 2025Series A

Andreessen Horowitz led a $200M Series A into Mistral approximately two years prior to the episode date.

Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners Andreessen Horowitz

News

Interviews (1)

Anjney Midha on why he backed Mistral's $200M Series A, Sesame AI's companion hardware bet, and the post-training era

News (3)

Mistral launches 'Le Chonk' — a 1 trillion parameter open-weight model forged in Europe

Mistral invests $1.4B to build AI data center in Sweden, revenue reportedly reaches $400M

Mistral launches LeChat consumer AI app powered by Cerebras, pursuing European defense contracts

Mentioned (1)

Mistral's 'Le Chaton Fat' meme explodes online as Anthropic's export control crisis boosts sovereign AI narrative