Mistral AI is a French artificial intelligence company specializing in open-weight large language models (LLMs). Founded in April 2023 by former Google DeepMind and Meta AI engineers, it aims to provide an alternative to proprietary AI systems. Mistral AI has released several models, including Mistral 7B, Mixtral 8x7B, Mixtral 8x22B, and Codestral 22B with open weights. Other models, such as Mistral Large and Mistral Medium, are available via API. The company is known for its focus on open-source innovation. It has also developed a chatbot service, Le Chat, and a development platform, La Plateforme.