Samsung Weighs Up to €1 Billion Mistral Investment

Founded in Paris in 2023, Mistral has emerged as one of Europe’s most prominent artificial intelligence startups, developing large language models as a regional alternative to US-led platforms such as OpenAI. Microsoft’s investment and partnership with the company, announced in February 2024, raised Mistral’s international profile and underscored Europe’s drive to build greater technological sovereignty in generative AI.

Samsung is in talks to invest as much as €1 billion in Mistral in a transaction that could value the French AI company at about €20 billion, according to recent reports. Discussions remain ongoing and the terms could still change. A deal would give Mistral additional capital to expand model development and computing capacity, while helping Samsung deepen its position in the global AI ecosystem beyond partnerships dominated by US technology groups.