Magistral: Mistral AI challenges big tech with reasoning model

Getting your hands on Magistral

For those wanting to experiment, Magistral Small is available now under the Apache 2.0 licence via Hugging Face. Those interested in the more powerful Medium version can test a preview through Mistral’s Le Chat interface or via their API platform.

Enterprise users looking for deployment options can find Magistral Medium on Amazon SageMaker, with IBM WatsonX, Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplace implementations coming soon.

As the initial excitement around general-purpose chatbots begins to wane, the market is hungry for specialised AI tools that excel at specific professional tasks. By focusing on transparent reasoning for domain experts, Mistral has carved out a potentially valuable niche.

Founded just last year by alumni from DeepMind and Meta AI, Mistral has moved at breakneck speed to establish itself as Europe’s AI champion. They’ve consistently punched above their weight, creating models that compete with offerings from companies many times their size.

As organisations increasingly demand AI that can explain itself – particularly in Europe where the AI Act will require transparency – Magistral’s focus on showing its reasoning process feels particularly timely.

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