Mistral Releases New AI Models with Agentic Capabilities to Compete with OpenAI and Google

Summary

French AI startup Mistral released a new suite of AI models on December 2, 2025, as it seeks to keep pace with leading AI labs including Google, OpenAI, and DeepSeek. Founded in 2023, Mistral has positioned itself as one of Europe's leading AI companies, having raised a 1.7 billion euro funding round in September 2025. The new large model emphasizes agentic capabilities and is designed for AI assistants, retrieval-augmented generation systems, scientific workloads, and complex enterprise workflo