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Mistral AI Gears Up for an IPO

Last year, Mistral AI reached a valuation of €5.8 billion. It had raised €600 million ($621 million) from investors, including General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

On January 21, 2025, Arthur Mensch, CEO and Co-founder of Mistral AI, a French AI company, announced during an interview with Bloomberg that they are working on an initial public offering (IPO). He was responding to a question about a potential IPO and said that the company is not for sale but is planning for an IPO. 

Founded in 2023, Mistral AI is perceived as ‘France’s answer to Silicon Valley AI giants.’The founders, Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, and Timothée Lacroix, are former employees of Meta and Google. They started Mistral AI with the intent to make GenAI more accessible and enjoyable for common users.

Despite being a newcomer, Mistral AI is already competing with major organizations like OpenAI’s GPT, Anthrpoic PBC’s Claude family, and Google’s Gemini. The major reason for this is that it releases all its models under open licenses for free usage and modifications. These models are trained on diverse datasets, including text, images, and codes, to facilitate better accuracy than those trained on a single data type. Mistral AI has released a GenAI chatbot called Le Chat and claims that it is faster than its competitors.

Read More: Mistral AI’s New LLM Model Outperforms GPT-3 Model 

When asked about funding, Mensch said, “Startups are always raising money, but we have plenty.” Last Year, Mistral AI raised €600 million ($621 million) from investors such as General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, reaching €5.8 billion valuation. 

Mensch further added that Mistral AI is opening a new office in Singapore to target the Asia-Pacific market. The company also plans to expand its operations in Europe and the US.

An IPO could be a significant milestone for Mistral AI, allowing it to scale faster and positioning Europe as a prominent player in the AI landscape.

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