Mistral Medium 3 & Le Chat Enterprise: Top-Tier AI Performance at a Lower Cost

Get ready for some exciting updates from Mistral AI! You know, the company that's always working hard to make AI models super efficient and powerful? Well, they've just made two major announcements that are shaking things up: they've launched a brand-new model called Mistral Medium 3, and they're rolling out something cool called Le Chat Enterprise, which is an AI platform built specifically with businesses in mind. Let's dive into what this all means!

Mistral Medium 3: Looks Like It's Got Brains AND Brawn!

Mistral AI has been busy! They've already given us awesome models like Mistral 7B, Mistral Small, and Mistral Large, and now they're adding Mistral Medium 3 to the family. They're calling this one a real game-changer. Why? Because it seems to hit that perfect sweet spot – being super smart (we're talking top-notch performance!) while also being really efficient and easy for folks to get up and running.

Here's the lowdown on what Mistral's highlighting about Medium 3:

• Super Smart: They say it does great on all the tests!
• Way Cheaper: Seriously, they claim it costs way less to run than others out there – like 8 times less!
• Easy to Use: They designed it to be simple to plug into existing systems so businesses can start using it fast.
• Great for Work: It's supposedly especially good at stuff like coding and understanding different kinds of info (like text and maybe even images later!).
• Business Friendly: Businesses can use it however they want – on their own computers, in their private cloud, or through Mistral's service. They can even train it on their own data and connect it to their company's tools!

Mistral seems pretty stoked about the performance too. They say Medium 3 performs as well as, or even better than, models like Claude Sonnet 3.7 on benchmarks, but for way, way less money ($0.4 for what you put in / $2 for what you get out per million bits of info).

They also claim it beats out other big open models like Llama 4 Maverick and other business models in how well it works. Plus, they say it's cheaper than the ones known for low prices, like DeepSeek v3, whether businesses use their service or run it themselves. Sounds like a strong contender!

Reportedly Great at What It Does, Especially Coding!

According to Mistral, Medium 3 was built to be a top performer, especially for professional tasks. Their own tests apparently show it's really strong, particularly with coding and science/tech stuff. They say it's getting close to what much bigger and slower models can do!

And it's not just their own tests! They mention that people outside the company who tested it said the same thing, especially about coding – it actually did better than some models that are much larger!

Seems Made Just for Businesses!

One cool thing Mistral is highlighting about Medium 3 is how well it fits into complicated business setups. They know companies need more than just an API, so they designed Medium 3 to really work with them.

With Mistral's special AI solutions, businesses can apparently keep training the model, fine-tune it completely, and mix it with their own company knowledge. They say this makes it super flexible for training it on specific topics, keeping it learning, and fitting into how a company already works.

They're already seeing it in action! Businesses in finance, energy, and healthcare are reportedly already using it in early testing to make customer service better, personalize things, and look at tricky data.

How to Get Your Hands on It!

Want to try it out? You can apparently grab the Mistral Medium 3 API right now on Mistral La Plateforme and Amazon Sagemaker. Mistral says it'll also be coming soon to IBM WatsonX, NVIDIA NIM, Azure AI Foundry, and Google Cloud Vertex. If a company wants to run and customize the model on their own systems, Mistral is asking them to get in touch directly!

Oh, and One More Thing... Introducing Le Chat Enterprise!

Guess what else? Along with the new model, Mistral AI has launched Le Chat Enterprise! They describe it as a full-blown AI assistant platform powered by their new Mistral Medium 3.

The big idea, they say, is to bring all your AI tools together and help businesses deal with common headaches like having too many different tools, worrying about keeping company info safe, models that aren't flexible, and not seeing results fast enough. Le Chat Enterprise is designed to give businesses one place to get work done!

They say it builds on their current Le Chat tools and the new Enterprise plan includes:

• Company-wide search!
• Tools to build your own custom AI helpers!
• Ways to connect your company's data and tools!
• Places to keep your important documents organized!
• Support for using your own custom models!
• Options to use it on your own systems or theirs!

Mistral says these features will be rolling out over the next couple of weeks. They're also apparently making their Le Chat Pro and Team plans even better for individuals and growing groups!

Looks Like One AI Spot for All Your Work!

Le Chat Enterprise is designed to be the go-to platform for teams to get AI help, according to Mistral. They say it's all about making sure everything stays private and you can customize it a ton.

They say it's built to help turn tough tasks into things you can actually get done by giving you expert help across different areas through easy-to-use interfaces, whether you're a tech whiz or not.

Cool features they're highlighting include:

• Smart Search with Secure Connections: Find stuff hidden in your company data from places like Google Drive, Sharepoint, OneDrive, Google Calendar, and Gmail! Mistral says they're adding more connections and templates too. Businesses can reportedly get better, personalized answers by linking it to their company's own knowledge!
• Document Libraries: Keep your most-used documents handy in your own libraries. Mistral says it makes it easy to find info, pull out important bits, and analyze key documents. They're planning to add ways to connect to even more company systems too!
• Custom AI Helpers: They say it's easy to make and use your own AI assistants without needing to code! Connect them to your apps and libraries to handle tasks automatically and accurately based on what they understand from the context.

Ready to Give It a Go?

Le Chat Enterprise is reportedly available now through the Google Cloud Marketplace and will be coming soon to Azure AI and AWS Bedrock. Companies who are interested can just contact Mistral directly to find out more! If you just want to check out the basic Le Chat functionality, you can try it at chat.mistral.ai or grab the mobile app from the App Store or Play Store.

So there you have it! With the launch of Mistral Medium 3 and Le Chat Enterprise, it looks like Mistral AI is definitely making a big push to help businesses out! They're offering AI solutions that they describe as powerful, affordable, and super flexible for real-world business needs. And with hints that an even "larger" model is still on the way, things are looking pretty busy for the Paris-based AI company!