June 5, 2023
First employee.
Our mission is to make frontier
AI open to all, and together solve
the world's hardest problems.
We partner with organizations in high-stakes industries like finance, manufacturing, defense, energy, and the public sector to co-create tailored AI systems to solve their hardest, most high-value problems. Because we believe that this critical stake for companies requires deep control, ownership, and production reliability, we have built full-stack AI solutions, including frontier models, developer tools, applications, and compute.
In 2022, the Big Tech landscape was at a crossroads: innovation was advancing, but companies were also closing off. Mistral's co-founders saw the need for a different kind of AI company: a European leader that combines cutting-edge innovation with openness, transparency, cost efficiency, and responsibility. They were determined to democratize AI, making it accessible, customizable, and returning control to users. In April 2023, Mistral was born to put frontier AI in everyone’s hands.
Key dates for Mistral.
Mistral's founders.
Arthur Mensch
Co-founder and CEO.
Guillaume Lample
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer.
Timothee Lacroix
Co-founder and CTO.
Who we work with.
Latest updates.