Mistral raises 3 billion euros from Samsung and EU fund
Mistral raised €3 billion in fresh funding led by Samsung and the EU-backed Scaleup Europe Fund, giving the Paris-headquartered startup a post-money valuation above €21 billion. The company plans to use the proceeds to build and rent computing infrastructure, expand owned compute by about 100% over five years, and train larger, faster open-weight models to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. Mistral aims to sell custom AI tools to enterprises and integrate with partners such as ASML and Samsung, and the CEO expects annual recurring revenue to exceed $1 billion this year if trends continue.
Mistral raised €3 billion at a more than €21 billion valuation.
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The company was valued at €11.7 billion after last year’s round. It now plans more data centers and bigger models, and it may release new models soon.
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