Mistral raises €3B led by Samsung at €21B+ valuation, Europe's largest equity round
dl_weekly · x · 2026-09-14
Mistral has raised a €3 billion Series D led by Samsung Electronics at a valuation above €21 billion — the largest equity round ever for a European technology company. The company doubles down on sovereign, open-weight AI, with product lines including Studio, Forge, the Vibe coding agents, and AI Cloud, plus models like Mistral OCR 4 and Mistral Medium 3.5.
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