Mistral AI raises €3 billion in Europe’s biggest reported tech funding round
Mistral AI has raised €3 billion at a valuation above €21 billion, giving Europe’s leading AI startup more capital to compete with larger rivals.
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Mistral AI has raised €3 billion at a valuation above €21 billion, giving Europe’s leading AI startup more capital to compete with larger rivals.
Samsung is reported to lead a €3 billion Mistral AI round, lifting the French model maker’s valuation above $24 billion and sharpening Europe’s AI race.
Samsung is reportedly in talks to back Mistral at a €20 billion valuation, a move that could deepen Europe’s role in enterprise AI competition.
Microsoft is reportedly funding Mistral’s European AI expansion in a multibillion-dollar deal, strengthening Azure’s role in regional AI infrastructure.
A German consortium released Soofi S, an open 30B model trained on Deutsche Telekom cloud, claiming top fully open results in German and English.
French AI startup Mistral AI commits €1.2 billion to build AI infrastructure in Sweden with EcoDataCenter, set to open in 2027.