Mistral opens Large 4 to API users before releasing the weights
Mistral put Large 4 into public preview on October 6. Its changelog lists a one-million-token context window and says downloads are coming soon. The launch post says it will release the weights by the end of October.
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Company benchmarks are not HotTea's own tests. Mistral's public pages also disagree on the active parameter count. The announcement says 49 billion, while its model documentation says 52 billion. Buyers need consistent specifications before using those figures to size hardware.
Watch for the downloadable weights, licence and final model specifications. Then test how much useful work it completes and how much memory it uses on the intended hardware.
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- MistralIntroducing Mistral Large 4 ↗
- Mistral DocsOctober 6 changelog ↗
- Mistral DocsMistral Large 4 model page ↗
- AxiosWestern AI labs challenge China's open-model lead ↗
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