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Total funding
$5.5B
As of Jul 30, 2026Value Add Pulse research
Company Snapshot
Mistral AI is a AI infra company, based in Paris, France, founded 2023 by Guillaume Lample, Arthur Mensch, Timothée Lacroix. Latest valuation €11.7B (As of December 2025, The Register). Total funding $5.5B (As of Jul 30, 2026).
Recent changes
- December 2025December 2025Valuation fell from >€21B to €11.7B The Register
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026Raised €3B Series D at a >€21B valuation The Register
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026New investor: Andreessen Horowitz The Register
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026New investor: NVentures The Register
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026New investor: Samsung Electronics The Register
Earlier changes (6)
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026New investor: ASML The Register
- Sep 8, 2026Sep 8, 2026Valuation rose from $13.7B to >€21B The Register
- Jul 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026First reported total funding: $5.5B Value Add Pulse enrichment
- Jul 30, 2026Jul 30, 2026Valuation rose from ~€11.7B (~$13.5B) to $13.7B Value Add Pulse enrichment
- Sep 2025Sep 2025First reported arr: €300M (as of Sept 2025) Mistral — €1.7B Series C (Sept 2025)
- Sep 2025Sep 2025First reported valuation: ~€11.7B (~$13.5B)Estimated Mistral — €1.7B Series C (Sept 2025)
Funding History
1 event · sources dated per row| Date | Event | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Series D | €3B | >€21B | outlined = lead | The Register |
Underlying values
| As of | Value | Method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | €11.7B | Reported | The Register |
| Sep 8, 2026 | >€21B | Reported | The Register |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $13.7B | Reported | Value Add Pulse research |
| Sep 2025 | ~€11.7B (Series C, Sept 2025 (~$13.5B)) | Estimated | Mistral — €1.7B Series C (Sept 2025) |
| Sep 2025 | ~€11.7B (~$13.5B) | Estimated | Mistral — €1.7B Series C (Sept 2025) |
Investors
Latest Pulse
- Sep 8, 2026This Week Showed AI Funding's Two Speeds at OnceStoke Space and Mistral raised a combined $4.2 billion this week while Sapien and NavigateAI, two real vertical-AI companies with paying customers, raised a combined fraction of that -- the same split Pulse has tracked in AI money all year.→
- Sep 8, 2026Mistral Raises Another €3B to Sell Europe IndependenceMistral closed a €3 billion Series D at a valuation above €21 billion, led by Samsung Electronics and an EU-backed scaleup fund, betting that governments will pay a premium for AI infrastructure they control.→
- Aug 5, 2026Europe's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on MistralWith OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind setting the frontier, Fortune argues Europe's independent AI capability has narrowed to a single company -- and asks whether Mistral can carry it.→
- Jul 21, 2026Microsoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra DealMicrosoft expanded its strategic partnership with Mistral via a multibillion-dollar commitment to European AI data-center capacity, giving Microsoft access to Mistral's GPUs and regulated industries an EU-based alternative to US-owned models.→
- Jul 4, 2026Mistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI PlaybookMistral AI is preparing an open-weight model with July early access and its own Nvidia-powered compute platform, positioning the French lab as Europe's clearest sovereign alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic.→
- Jun 24, 2026Mistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI PlayFrance's Mistral released OCR 4, an upgraded document-understanding model that pushes beyond plain text extraction into a full enterprise data-extraction stack. The move positions Europe's leading AI lab to compete directly with Google, AWS and Azure for the unglamorous but enormous market of turning documents into structured, machine-usable data.→
Coverage Timeline
newest first- Sep 8, 2026FUNDINGThis Week Showed AI Funding's Two Speeds at Once→
- Sep 8, 2026FUNDINGMistral Raises Another €3B to Sell Europe Independence€3B Series D→
- Aug 5, 2026AIEurope's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on Mistral→
- Jul 21, 2026AIMicrosoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra Deal→
- Jul 4, 2026AIMistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI PlaybookOpen-weight model: July 2026 access→
- Jun 24, 2026AIMistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI Play→
All Coverage
FUNDING
This Week Showed AI Funding's Two Speeds at Once
Stoke Space and Mistral raised a combined $4.2 billion this week while Sapien and NavigateAI, two real vertical-AI companies with paying customers, raised a combined fraction of that -- the same split Pulse has tracked in AI money all year.
BY THE NUMBERS
FUNDING
Mistral Raises Another €3B to Sell Europe Independence
FUNDING€3B Series D
Mistral Raises Another €3B to Sell Europe Independence
Mistral closed a €3 billion Series D at a valuation above €21 billion, led by Samsung Electronics and an EU-backed scaleup fund, betting that governments will pay a premium for AI infrastructure they control.
DEEP DIVE
AI
Europe's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on Mistral
AI
Europe's Sovereign AI Bet Now Rests on Mistral
With OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind setting the frontier, Fortune argues Europe's independent AI capability has narrowed to a single company -- and asks whether Mistral can carry it.
AI
Microsoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra Deal
AI
Microsoft Deepens Mistral Bet With Europe AI Infra Deal
Microsoft expanded its strategic partnership with Mistral via a multibillion-dollar commitment to European AI data-center capacity, giving Microsoft access to Mistral's GPUs and regulated industries an EU-based alternative to US-owned models.
AI
Mistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI Playbook
AIOpen-weight model: July 2026 access
Mistral Is Building Its Own Anti-OpenAI Playbook
Mistral AI is preparing an open-weight model with July early access and its own Nvidia-powered compute platform, positioning the French lab as Europe's clearest sovereign alternative to OpenAI and Anthropic.
AI
Mistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI Play
AI
Mistral Launches OCR 4, Turning Document Extraction Into a Full Enterprise AI Play
France's Mistral released OCR 4, an upgraded document-understanding model that pushes beyond plain text extraction into a full enterprise data-extraction stack. The move positions Europe's leading AI lab to compete directly with Google, AWS and Azure for the unglamorous but enormous market of turning documents into structured, machine-usable data.
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Trace's Take
Mistral is the bet that the world wants more than two American frontier labs — and Europe is willing to fund a champion to prove it. The ASML round is the signal: this is industrial policy, and sovereignty is a real, defensible wedge for government and regulated buyers. The hard truth is €300M ARR against OpenAI and Anthropic's tens of billions; Mistral doesn't have to win globally, but it does have to own Europe's regulated and public sector decisively.
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Where these figures come from
- The RegisterValue Add VC data2 facts
- Mistral — €1.7B Series C (Sept 2025)Value Add VC data1 fact
- Value Add Pulse researchValue Add VC data1 fact
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