French AI company Mistral hits $24 billion valuation in funding round
The French startup said the capital will expand frontier research and computing infrastructure as it seeks a sovereign alternative to U.S. AI rivals.
- French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI closed a €3 billion Series D funding round, raising its valuation to over €21 billion .
- The funding round was led by Samsung Electronics alongside the Scaleup Europe Fund and PSG Equity, with participation from Nvidia, ASML, BlackRock, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
- The transaction marks the largest single private equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company, nearly doubling Mistral's valuation from a year prior.
- Executive leadership confirmed the new capital will support frontier research, global enterprise expansion, and plans to build up to 1 gigawatt of proprietary computing infrastructure in Europe by 2030.
- Mistral continues to position itself as Europe's premier "sovereign AI" developer, projecting its annual recurring revenue will reach $1 billion by the end of 2026.
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technewstube.comMistral bags €3B to build Europe's sovereign AI champion
Samsung-led round values the French model maker at more than €21B
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Frances Mistral AI raises record USD 3.49 billion Series D at over USD 24.4 billion valuation - The Tribune
French artificial intelligence company Mistral AI has raised €3 billion (about USD 3.49 billion) in a Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion (about USD 24.4 billion), making it the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company, the company said.
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