One of Microsoft’s earliest and perhaps most important AI investments was in OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT. Now, Microsoft has revealed that it is investing in yet another AI company. “Today, we are announcing a multi-year partnership between Microsoft and Mistral AI, a recognized leader in generative artificial intelligence. Driven by an unwavering dedication to innovation and practical application, both companies are committed to delivering pioneering research and real-world solutions. We are bridging the gap with solutions around the world,” Microsoft said in a statement. According to a report from CNBC, Microsoft has invested $2.1 billion in Mistral AI.
What Microsoft is aiming for with Mistral AIThe investment in Mistral AI will enable Microsoft to accelerate the development and deployment of the next generation of large-scale language models (LLMs), and will help Mistral AI unlock new commercial opportunities, expand into global markets, and continue to grow. This is an opportunity to promote research collaboration,” the company noted. This investment is in Azure and targeted at business customers.
Microsoft and Mistral AI are making Mistral AI’s premium models available to customers through Azure AI Studio and Azure Machine Learning Model Catalog models-as-a-service (MaaS). In addition to OpenAI models, the Model Catalog offers a diverse selection of both open-source and commercial models. Additionally, Microsoft will support Mistral AI with Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure, which provides best-in-class performance and scale for AI training and inference workloads for Mistral AI’s flagship models.
Microsoft also announced that Mistral AI’s flagship commercial model, Mistral Large, will first be available on Azure AI and Mistral AI platforms. Mistral Large is a general-purpose language model that enables any text-based use case with state-of-the-art reasoning and knowledge capabilities. Microsoft says the software is fluent in code and math, can process dozens of documents in a single call, and can handle English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
What Microsoft is aiming for with Mistral AIThe investment in Mistral AI will enable Microsoft to accelerate the development and deployment of the next generation of large-scale language models (LLMs), and will help Mistral AI unlock new commercial opportunities, expand into global markets, and continue to grow. This is an opportunity to promote research collaboration,” the company noted. This investment is in Azure and targeted at business customers.
Microsoft and Mistral AI are making Mistral AI’s premium models available to customers through Azure AI Studio and Azure Machine Learning Model Catalog models-as-a-service (MaaS). In addition to OpenAI models, the Model Catalog offers a diverse selection of both open-source and commercial models. Additionally, Microsoft will support Mistral AI with Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure, which provides best-in-class performance and scale for AI training and inference workloads for Mistral AI’s flagship models.
Microsoft also announced that Mistral AI’s flagship commercial model, Mistral Large, will first be available on Azure AI and Mistral AI platforms. Mistral Large is a general-purpose language model that enables any text-based use case with state-of-the-art reasoning and knowledge capabilities. Microsoft says the software is fluent in code and math, can process dozens of documents in a single call, and can handle English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
