What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

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Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 15:51:32 GMT

Mistral AI, which offers some open source AI models, has raised significant funding since its creation in 2023, with the ambition to “put frontier AI in the hands of everyone.”