Europe Alternatives

2026-03-30

Mistral AI raises $830M Debt

Paris-based Mistral AI raised $830M in a Debt round from a consortium of seven banks.

Round at a Glance

Company Mistral AI
HQ Paris, France
Amount $830M
Round Debt
Date 2026-03-30
Valuation Not disclosed
Total Disclosed Funding ~$3.05B

Company Snapshot

Mistral AI is a France-based large language model company. According to the company's public materials, the product helps developers and enterprises with building and deploying open-weight and proprietary AI models, including the Le Chat conversational assistant. The company was founded in April 2023 by Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample, and Timothee Lacroix.

Investors in This Round

Investor Investor HQ Country Notes
Bpifrance France Lender
BNP Paribas France Lender
Credit Agricole CIB France Lender
HSBC United Kingdom Lender
La Banque Postale France Lender
MUFG Japan Lender
Natixis CIB France Lender

Known Cap Table

Investor Round(s) Investor HQ Country
Lightspeed Venture Partners Seed United States
Andreessen Horowitz Series A United States
BNP Paribas Series A, Debt France
Salesforce Series A United States
ASML Series C Netherlands
Bpifrance Debt France
Credit Agricole CIB Debt France
HSBC Debt United Kingdom
La Banque Postale Debt France
MUFG Debt Japan
Natixis CIB Debt France

Total disclosed funding: ~$3.05B across 8 rounds.

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