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March 31, 2026

The race to dominate voice AI is heating up: ‘We have to go fast’

Paris-based Mistral released its first voice model last week amid intensifying competition


Last week Paris-based Mistral AI released its first text-to-speech model

Paris-based AI startup Mistral released its first text-to-speech model last week, pitting the company in direct competition with industry leader ElevenLabs and others, as competition in the nascent subsector heats up.

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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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