Mistral在竞争加剧之际推出Mistral 3系列开源模型，强调其在多语言与低网络条件下可运行，并能部署在无人机、汽车、机器人或手机等小型设备上，与OpenAI、Google及中国的DeepSeek展开差异化竞争。全球AI巨头正投入数千亿美元提升模型推理与编码性能，Google上月发布Gemini 3后获得高度评价，而OpenAI据称已发出“code red”加速研发。Mistral强调下一阶段竞争将从规模转向普及度，突出模型的小型化与可嵌入性。

该公司在九月经过ASML投资后估值达到117亿欧元（136亿美元），成为欧洲最有价值的AI独角兽。其商业策略聚焦大型企业客户，以提升在高价值企业市场的渗透率，不直接追求消费级场景的规模竞争。作为开源领域的重要参与者，它也与DeepSeek等强调推理与自主执行的新兴模型竞争，试图以灵活性和跨设备部署能力塑造差异优势。

过去数月，Mistral已与多家欧洲大型集团达成合作，包括BNP Paribas与Stellantis，并将与汇丰合作开发内部工具，范围覆盖金融分析到翻译等用途。此举凸显其希望通过企业级用例建立稳定收入模式并强化欧洲在AI基础设施上的“自主性”。在全球技术生态中，Mistral正以高估值、企业导向策略与轻量级模型定位试图保持在开源与企业AI服务市场的领先地位。

Mistral released its Mistral 3 family of open-source models as competition intensifies, emphasizing multilingual capability, low-connectivity operation and deployment on small devices such as drones, cars, robots and phones, positioning itself against OpenAI, Google and China’s DeepSeek. With major developers investing hundreds of billions of dollars to advance reasoning and coding performance, Google’s Gemini 3 earned strong reviews last month, while OpenAI reportedly issued a “code red” to accelerate development. Mistral argues the next phase of AI will shift from scale to ubiquity, prioritizing small, embeddable models.

After an investment from ASML, Mistral reached a €11.7 billion (USD 13.6 billion) valuation in September, becoming Europe’s most valuable AI startup. Its strategy centers on large corporate clients rather than mass consumer applications. As a major open-source player, it also competes with emerging models like DeepSeek, which focus on advanced reasoning and autonomous execution, aiming to differentiate through flexibility and cross-device deployment.

In recent months Mistral has signed deals with major European groups including BNP Paribas and Stellantis, and will work with HSBC to build employee tools for financial analysis, translation and related tasks. These partnerships highlight its push to anchor enterprise-grade revenue streams and support European ambitions for AI independence. With high valuation, an enterprise-first strategy and lightweight model design, Mistral seeks to maintain leadership in open-source and corporate AI markets.