Mistral, a Microsoft-backed French AI firm, released its first reasoning model on June 10, taking on China’s DeepSeek and OpenAI. Mistral’s CEO, Arthur Mensch, said the new reasoning model had the “specificity” of being able to reason in multiple languages.

French AI startup Mistral is launching its first reasoning models, aiming to rival new offerings from OpenAI, DeepSeek and others, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Reasoning models aim to boost accuracy by using more computing power at inference time,

PARIS (Reuters) -Mistral on Tuesday launched Europe's first AI reasoning model, which uses logical thinking to create a response, as it tries to keep pace with American and Chinese rivals at the forefront of AI development.