Mistral AI hires researcher Shikhar Murty to build safety and open LLM team in Canada
ShikharMurty · x · 2026-10-02
Researcher Shikhar Murty announced he has joined Mistral AI, where he will build a team in Montreal and across Canada to advance safe, capable, and open frontier LLMs. He says Mistral has played, and will continue to play, an important role in keeping frontier AI open, and that his conviction in the mission has grown since joining — a notable talent addition for Mistral's safety and open-source efforts.
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