Mistral AI
France's leading AI lab. Powerful open-weight models built and hosted entirely in Europe.
Quick facts
Headquarters Paris, France
Company Mistral AI SAS
Founded 2023
Ownership VC-backed
Hosting 🇫🇷 France
Infrastructure Own infrastructure
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source Partial
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Freemium · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, iOS, Android
Languages
ENFRDEESITPTNLPLZHARJAKORU
85 · Strongly European
Try Mistral Why does it score 85?
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30Ownership & control
VC-backed, no non-EU parent
15/25Data sovereignty
Own infrastructure
30/30Accountability & trust
Partially open source + GDPR
10/15EuroPoints total
85/100
See how they compare
Mistral AI
Aleph Alpha
DeepLEuroPoints
Strongly European
Strongly European
Strongly European
Legal jurisdiction
Ownership & control
Data sovereignty
Accountability & trust
Independence bonus
Headquarters
Paris, France
Heidelberg, Germany
Cologne, Germany
Founded
2023
2019
2017
Open source
Partial
Partial
No
Infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
Own infrastructure
GDPR
Free tier
Pricing
Freemium · from Free
Enterprise
Freemium · from Free
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Web
Web, iOS, Android, Desktop
Languages
en, fr, de, es, it, pt, nl, pl, zh, ar, ja, ko, ru
en, de, fr, es, it, nl
en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, pl, ru, zh, ja, bg, cs, da, el, et, fi, hu, id, ko, lt, lv, nb, ro, sk, sl, sv, tr, uk
What does it replace?
Chatgpt 
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