Mistral

Mistral is Mistral AI's family of language models, combining open-weight releases with commercial API offerings. Founded in 2023 by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, Mistral AI quickly established itself as a leading European AI lab. Notable models include Mistral 7B (the first competitive small open model), Mixtral (mixture-of-experts), and Mistral Large (frontier-class). The company offers both open-weight and proprietary models.