[French AI Startup Mistral Launches Europe's Most Powerful Open-Source Large Model, Mistral Large 4] According to Financial界, Mistral unveiled a new AI model on Tuesday, which the company claims ranks among the world's top open-source models. The French company introduced Mistral Large 4 (abbreviated as ML4, codename le Chonk), a large model with 1 trillion parameters, excelling in tasks related to cybersecurity, code generation, manufacturing, finance, and multimodal applications. Mistral has long been regarded as Europe's only contender to rival OpenAI and Anthropic. In September, the company completed a €3 billion ($3.4 billion) Series D funding round, bringing its valuation to €21 billion. This round solidified its position as one of Europe's most well-funded and highest-valued AI startups.