Mistral is a Paris-based AI company specializing in building large language models, similar to the generative AI technology used by OpenAI's ChatGPT. The company has quickly gained prominence as a European competitor to major US tech firms. Mistral's latest model, Mistral Large, is fluent in five languages: French, English, German, Spanish, and Italian. The company has secured over €1bn in funding, making it one of France's best-funded private tech companies.