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Mistral Large 3 Released

Date: March 25, 2025
Company: Mistral AI
Category: Models & Research

Narrative

European flagship model competitive with GPT-4.5 and Claude Opus 4. 128K context. Function calling optimized. €2/M input, €6/M output pricing.

Mistral AI

Reality

Benchmarks competitive: 87.2% MMLU-Pro, 89.1% HumanEval. European data sovereignty compliance built-in. Pricing aggressive. Function calling excellent. European enterprise adoption strong.

Implication

Established European AI independence. Data sovereignty became selling point. Demonstrated viable alternative to US labs. EU AI Act compliance as competitive advantage.

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  • model-release
  • european-ai
  • pricing