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Mistral Small 3.1

Mistral AI released Mistral Small 3.1, an Apache 2.0 multimodal and multilingual model with improved text performance and 128K context.

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At a glance

Launch Snapshot

Company: Mistral AI
Launch date: March 17, 2025
Launch type: Open-Source Release
Category: AI Open-Weight Models
Audience: Developers, Enterprises, Researchers
Pricing: Apache 2.0 model availability for download, with API and cloud platform access through Mistral and partners.
Free plan: Yes
API: Yes
Open weights/source: Yes

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Verification & Sources

Evidence state: Recheck due
Source links: 3
Freshness: Needs recheck: checked June 8, 2026
Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Official site Hugging Face Supporting source

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Kingy Launch Score

7.0 / 10 · Solid

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Why this score

Source & verification 7.0/10 — The Mistral announcement plus the model card documentation — two first-party sources. mistral.ai
Product evidence 8.0/10 — An Apache 2.0 multimodal, multilingual model with 128K context, available for download and via API and cloud platforms. docs.mistral.ai
Significance & novelty 6.0/10 — The record frames it as a strong fit for teams that care about deployability, latency, and open licensing — capable small models mattering in production. mistral.ai
Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
Offer clarity 6.5/10 — Apache 2.0 availability for download, with API and cloud-platform access through Mistral and partners. mistral.ai

Evidence checked 2026-07-11

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Kingy AI Take

Mistral released Mistral Small 3.1, an Apache 2.0 multimodal and multilingual model with improved text performance and 128K context (mistral.ai). It is a capable small open model for teams that care about deployability, latency, and open licensing. Performance should be compared against newer small models before adoption, so benchmark on your target latency and hardware.

Who it is for

Developers and enterprises seeking a capable small open model for assistants, function calling, image understanding, and lower-latency workflows.

Traction notes

Strong fit for teams that care about deployability, latency, and open licensing.

Source list

Sources

Official site mistral.ai Hugging Face huggingface.co Supporting source docs.mistral.ai