Mistral AI

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Mistral AI is a French AI company known for efficient open-source models. Le Chat is free to use, API has a free tier, and all Mistral models are open-source.

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Model	Context	Limit	Notes
Mistral Large	`128k`	`Fair use`	Europe's strongest model, free to use
Mistral Small	`32k`	`Fair use`	Lightweight and fast, good for daily tasks

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