Mistral AI To Combat DeepSeek By Going Open-Source

Many of the AI models that exist today are held behind closed doors. This is the case with OpenAI’s models and Google’s models. However, there are a ton of open-source models on the market. Mistral AI, one of the more notable AI companies, just announced that it’s making its model open-source.

There are other AI models on the market that are open-source like Meta’s Llama models and xAI’s Grok models. This means that it’s easier for other people to learn from them when developing their own models. In fact, many of the smaller models are open-source. This is good for AI development altogether, as other companies can build off of one another.

Mistral AI is going open-source with its AI

Arthur Mensch, the CEO of Mistral AI, announced that it will release its models to the public. In a bold move, he said that these models will rival that of DeepSeek. In case you don’t know, DeepSeek is the company that shook the AI world with its AI models that were trained on far less money than the competition.

DeepSeek’s models, despite the controversy, were able to rival and even beat some of OpenAI’s most powerful models. Well, Mensch believes that DeepSeek’s time in the spotlight will come to a close. He has his eyes set on the Chinese company, but it’s not a heated competition. “The story with open source is that you have different companies that are building on top of one another.” So, he knows that no company can stay on top of the pack forever, OpenAI’s models were the best on the market until DeepSeek came in. Well, another company will come by and dethrone DeepSeek. Then, another company will dethrone that company. It’s just how it goes.

Being open-source means that other small companies will have a better fighting chance compared to the Googles and OpenAIs of the world. Those companies are extremely well-funded, so they can afford to keep their models close to the chest.