9 October 2026

Mistral releases Large 4, a trillion-parameter model, with weights due later

First reported

SCMP ran this on , a day before the other 3 sources picked it up.

  • Mistral, a French AI company, released Mistral Large 4, a very large model it says is the strongest open model built outside China and the US.
  • On an independent intelligence index it scored 38, below several Chinese open models that scored 39 to 46.

How it was covered

Reported by Tom's Hardware, AI Business, SCMP