Sophia Yang, early Mistral hire who built its DevRel team, is leaving
sophiamyang · x · 2026-08-18
Sophia Yang announced she is leaving Mistral AI after nearly three years. She joined when the company had around 20 people and watched it grow past 1,000, building the DevRel team along the way. She thanked founders Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample and Timothée Lacroix for taking a chance on her, and says she remains one of Mistral's biggest fans.
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