Mistral AI is a French AI company founded in April 2023 by Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, and Timothée Lacroix — former researchers at Google DeepMind and Meta AI. The company combines open-weight model releases with commercial API offerings. Headquartered in Paris, Mistral raised over €1 billion by early 2025 and has become the leading European AI lab. Notable models include Mistral 7B, Mixtral 8x7B (mixture-of-experts), and Mistral Large.
Revenue
$330M
as of Sep 2025
Valuation
$14B
as of Sep 2025
Headcount
783
as of Jan 2026
Total Funding Raised
$3B
as of Sep 2025
AI Models
2
Key Metrics
Valuation
$14BSep 2025
Revenue (ARR)
$330MSep 2025
Headcount
783Jan 2026
Funding Rounds
$3.2Btotal raised
Per round
Total
Facts
13Financial
Revenue Guidance$1.1B
Headcount783
Revenue$330M
Total Funding Raised$3B
Valuation$14B
People
Founder (text)Arthur Mensch
Biographical
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_AI
Products & Usage
Monthly Active Users4.2 million
Organization
Legal StructurePrivate company (SAS)
HeadquartersParis, France
Founded DateApr 2023
CountryFrance
General
Websitehttps://mistral.ai