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UPDATED Sep 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM ET
Sep 8, 2026 at 5:04 AM ET
Mistral AI raises record €3 billion in Samsung-led round
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Mistral AI announced a €3 billion Series D funding round led by Samsung Electronics, nearly doubling its valuation to more than €21 billion. The Paris-based company said the largest European technology equity raise will fund data centres and computing capacity it can rent out, aiming to grow owned compute by about 100% over five years.
WHO: Mistral AI; Samsung Electronics; Scaleup Europe Fund (EQT); PSG Equity; CEO Arthur Mensch
WHAT: Mistral AI announced a €3 billion Series D funding round led by Samsung Electronics to expand data centres and computing capacity.
WHEN: Reported Sep 8, 2026 at 4:39 AM ET
WHERE: France
WHY: The funding is intended to build out data centres and computing capacity that Mistral can rent to others while increasing its own compute for training bigger and faster models.
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