École Polytechnique
Paris-Saclay University
Timothée LacroixResearcher
Mistral AI
Co-founder and CTO
via Mistral AI
Researcher · Founder · Executive
Arthur Mensch
Co-founder and CEO at Mistral AI
Mensch co-founded Mistral AI and turned it into Europe's most prominent frontier-model company, offering a European alternative to the leading US labs. A former DeepMind researcher, he has made efficient models, selective openness, and technological sovereignty central to Mistral's strategy.
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Background
Current role
Co-founder and CEO 2023-presentMistral AI
Mistral AIPreviously
2020-2023
Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind2018-2020Postdoc, 
ENS Paris
ENS ParisBorn1992
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