Mistral Research Head on Le Chonk and the West's Open-Weight Comeback
mattturck · x · 2026-10-23
Matt Turck's long-form interview with Pierre Stock, who runs research at Mistral AI, is now on YouTube/Spotify/Apple Podcasts: "Mistral is SO back: Inside Le Chonk, the West's Biggest Open Model." Key topics:
- The Western open-weight comeback: Beam, Le Chonk, Muse, Nemotron
- The US shutdown of Anthropic's models — Stock: "AI is like electricity"
- Why the model is named "Le Chonk"
- Stock's candid take on "Mistral fell behind" and the inside story of the comeback and training
Related event: Mistral Research Lead on Le Chonk and Open-Weight Revival(2 posts)→
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