Definition
Mistral AI is a French startup creating efficient, open-source language models that punch above their weight.
- **Key Models:**
- Mistral 7B: Outperforms Llama 2 13B
- Mixtral 8x7B: Mixture of Experts model
- Mistral Large: Competitive with GPT-4
- Codestral: Specialized for code
Why Mistral Stands Out: - Excellent efficiency (small but powerful) - Strong coding capabilities - Open-weight models - European AI company - Mixture of Experts architecture
Technical Innovations: - Sliding Window Attention - Grouped Query Attention - Sparse Mixture of Experts
Funding: - $415M Series A (2023) - Valued at $2B+ - Backed by Andreessen Horowitz
Examples
Mistral 7B matching larger models while being fast enough to run locally.
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