Mistral, the company that is sometimes considered as The great hope of Europe for AIis launching several updates to Le chatIt is a product of AI. In addition to an important update to the web interface, the company is launching a mobile application in iOS and Android To access Le Chat from his phone.
As a reminder, Mistral develops its own large language models. The company’s flagship models, such as Mistral Grande or your multimodal model Large pixtralThey are available for commercial use through an API OA through a cloud partner, such as Azure Ai Studio, Amazon Bedrock and Google’s vertex. It also releases a series of open weight models under the Apache 2.0 license.
Mistral aims to position itself as a credible alternative to OpenAi or anthropic. In addition to developing base models, it offers an assistant to the so -called Le Chat that competes directly with Chatgpt, Claude, Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot.
That is why Mistral is finally launching a mobile application for Le Chat so he can compete better for a place coveted on the home screen. The mobile application presents the usual chatbot interface. You can check Mistral AI model and ask tracking questions in a simple conversation interface.
In recent months, Le Chat has evolved to become a competent assistant. In November 2024Mistral added support for the web search with appointments. It also allows you to generate images or interact with the canvas freely to edit text or code in a separate window.
More recently, the company signed A GREAT TREATMENT With Agite France-Presse (AFP) to base the results with a reliable source of information. However, there is no voice mode in the Mistral mobile application for people who trust a lot in voice interactions to consult the AI attendees.
With today’s update for Le Chat, Mistral also presents a professional level for $ 14.99 per month, or € 14.99 per month in Europe. While the company no longer details the exact AI model that is using under the hood, the company says that the plan comes with access to the “highest performance model”, suggesting that free accounts do not have access to the Line model upper part.
Other benefits include higher limits in all areas and the ability to choose not to share its data with Mistral: the company is carrying the payment or consent model to AI attendees.
Up to 1,000 words per second
So what makes Mistral stand out from competition? The company does not affirm that it has better models than competition. But he states that, from the point of view of the product, he can sometimes overcome his competitors.
For example, Mistral states that the chat is executed in “the fastest inference engines on the planet” and can answer up to 1,000 words per second. In our use, it felt faster than using chatgpt with model 4, in fact.
Mistral also states that it generates much better images compared to Chatgpt or Grok. The reason why Mistral performs well on this front is that it is based on one of the main models of image generation, Black Forest Labs’ Flux Ultra Model.
Those are pleasant characteristics, but one of the main distinctive factors comes with the Le Chat business solution. Mistral allows you to implement Le Chat in your environment with custom models and a custom user interface.
If you work in defense or bank, you may be able to implement an AI assistant in premise. And it is currently not possible with Chatgpt Enterprise or Claude Enterprise. That will help when it comes to increasing company’s income.
But first, let’s see if Mistral’s mobile application can persuade some AI enthusiasts to try their chatbot. At the time of writing this article, Chatgpt, Deepseek and Google Gemini have places #2, #3 and #6, respectively, among the More downloaded iPhone applications In the United States