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July 23, 2026

Mistral wanted to beat Anthropic. Now it’s becoming Palantir

Data exclusively seen by Sifted shows the company has made a rapid internal pivot


French AI darling Mistral is shifting its focus away from building cutting-edge frontier models, instead doubling down on helping enterprise customers deploy its technology, according to new data seen exclusively by Sifted.

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Source: Zeki Data
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Source: Zeki Data
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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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