Mistral Large and Le Chat: Mistral's commercial pivot with Microsoft partnership
In one sentence Mistral AI announces Mistral Large, a closed flagship model with near-GPT-4 performance, and Le Chat (consumer interface). In parallel it signs a strategic Microsoft partnership for Azure distribution.
Mistral, the French startup famous for open-weight models, surprises everyone by announcing a powerful but closed model: Mistral Large. Access is API-only, paid, no downloadable weights.
Alongside it launches "Le Chat," a ChatGPT-style interface (free in beta) for using its models.
It also announces a Microsoft partnership to distribute its models on Azure. The news sparks debate in Europe: the startup born as a flag of European open-source AI now has closed deals with a US tech giant.
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Mistral AI, Microsoft
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Mistral Large, Le Chat
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