As an emerging force in the field of large models this year, Mistral poses a challenge to OpenAI with its closed-source model and API paid services. It represents large model companies in the EU and has influenced the legislative process of the Artificial Intelligence Act. This article will analyze Mistral’s characteristics, business model and comparison with other large models, and discuss its positioning and future development in the market.
Mistral is a new trend in the field of large models this year, launching closed-source large models to challenge OpenAI. The business model is similar to OpenAI, providing paid services through APIs. Mistral represents the EU's large model companies and has influenced the legislative process of the Artificial Intelligence Act. Mistral's price is close to OpenAI, but its differentiation is unclear. Mistral was praised for its native function calls and JSON schema. Comparisons were made with Llama2, Gemini Pro 1.0, etc. Mistral has released a smaller version of its closed-source model Small and launched Le Chat chat assistant, with plans to launch a paid version. The team is composed of former Google Deepmind and Meta employees.
All in all, as an emerging large-scale model company, Mistral’s technical strength and market potential remain to be further observed. How its closed-source model and competition with OpenAI will develop is worthy of continued attention. Whether it can stand out in the fierce market competition in the future depends on its ability to continue to innovate and improve product performance and user experience.