Mistral raises €3B at €21B+ valuation to push sovereign open-weight AI
Mistral AI · rss · 2026-09-08
Mistral AI announced a €3 billion Series D round at a post-money valuation above €21 billion. The company says it will keep pushing "sovereign, open-weight AI" as the technology frontier, doubling down on its open-weight strategy against US closed-source rivals.
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